OpenBSD through 6.6 allows local users to escalate to root because a check for LD_LIBRARY_PATH in setuid programs can be defeated by setting a very small RLIMIT_DATA resource limit. When executing chpass or passwd (which are setuid root), _dl_setup_env in ld.so tries to strip LD_LIBRARY_PATH from the environment, but fails when it cannot allocate memory. Thus, the attacker is able to execute their own library code as root.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2019-12-12T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T02:25:12.567Z
Reserved: 2019-12-11T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-19726

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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-12-12T01:15:10.823
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:35:15.750
Link: CVE-2019-19726

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