Bug 1616572 (CVE-2001-0170) - CVE-2001-0170 security flaw
Summary: CVE-2001-0170 security flaw
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2001-0170
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2018-08-16 01:13 UTC by Stephen Herr
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:47 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-08-16 01:13:16 UTC
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Description Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 01:13:10 UTC 
Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.
Comment 1 Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 17:07:44 UTC 
MITRE description:

glibc 2.1.9x and earlier does not properly clear the RESOLV_HOST_CONF, HOSTALIASES, or RES_OPTIONS environmental variables when executing setuid/setgid programs, which could allow local users to read arbitrary files.
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