Description
Buffer overflow in run-time linkers (1) ld.so or (2) ld-linux.so for Linux systems allows local users to gain privileges by calling a setuid program with a long program name (argv[0]) and forcing ld.so/ld-linux.so to report an error.
References
- 19980204 An old ld-linux.so hole mailing-list
- 19970722 ld.so vulnerability mailing-list
- 19970717 KSR[T] Advisory #2: ld.so mailing-list