SARA / Free Tools / KEV / CVE-2023-4911

CVE-2023-4911 on CISA KEV

A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID pe

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld

Vendor / Product
— / GNU / GNU C Library
Added to KEV
2023-11-21
BOD 22-01 due
Ransomware use
Unknown
CVSS / EPSS
7.8 HIGH · EPSS 71.53%

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

06Detection

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