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Bug 78291

Summary: exec of setuid root program loses some environment variables
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <jhenson>
Component: glibcAssignee: Jakub Jelinek <jakub>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version: 7.3CC: fweimer
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Description Need Real Name 2002-11-20 20:24:32 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Certain environment variables
are removed from the environment of an exec'ed program, when that 
program is owned by root with the setuid bit set.

One such variable is LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  But this
is OK:  it is known that setuid programs delete LD_LIBRARY_PATH
from the environment list.  
(See /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/glibc-2.2.5/sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h)

The bug is that the environment variables G, H, L, M, N, R, and T
are also deleted from the environment.  Suspiciously, these happen
to be exactly the set of initial letters of the variables listed in 
unsecvars.h...

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1 Need Real Name 2002-11-20 20:25:32 UTC 
Created attachment 85753 [details]
description and test case to demonstrate bug
Comment 2 Jakub Jelinek 2002-11-20 20:55:37 UTC 
This is fixed by glibc 7.3 errata.