CVE-2011-1095 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2011-1095

locale/programs/locale.c in locale in the GNU C Library (aka glibc...

Vulnerability Description

locale/programs/locale.c in locale in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.13 does not quote its output, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted localization environment variable, in conjunction with a program that executes a script that uses the eval function.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

glibc
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 1.06, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.09.1, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.1.6, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.3.10, 2.1.9, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 2.3.6, 2.3.10, 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, 2.6.1, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.10.1, 2.10.2, 2.11, 2.11.1, 2.11.2, 2.11.3, 2.12.0, 2.12.1

Timeline

Official Publish: April 10th, 2011
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.