CVE-2007-3508 | Vulnerability Database | Aqua Security

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

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Glibc	Gentoo	*	2.5 (including)
Glibc	Ubuntu	dapper	*
Glibc	Ubuntu	edgy	*
Glibc	Ubuntu	feisty	*
Glibc	Ubuntu	gutsy	*
Glibc	Ubuntu	upstream	*

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183844
http://osvdb.org/37901
http://secunia.com/advisories/25864
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-04.xml
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.5/1600_all_glibc-hwcap-mask-secure.patch?rev=1.1\u0026view=markup
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24758
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018334
http://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2007-07/msg00001.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2418
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35240
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183844
http://osvdb.org/37901
http://secunia.com/advisories/25864
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-04.xml
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.5/1600_all_glibc-hwcap-mask-secure.patch?rev=1.1\u0026view=markup
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24758
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018334
http://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2007-07/msg00001.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2418
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35240

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3508
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html