CVE-2007-3508

Publication date 3 July 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

** DISPUTED ** Integer overflow in the process_envvars function in elf/rtld.c in glibc before 2.5-rc4 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a large LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable value. NOTE: the glibc maintainers state that they do not believe that this issue is exploitable for code execution.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
glibc 9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 2.6.1-1ubuntu8
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

upstream believes this to be unexploitable