SB2020011733 - Fedora 31 update for glibc



SB2020011733 - Fedora 31 update for glibc

Published: January 17, 2020 Updated: April 25, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2020011733
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19126)

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

On the x86-64 architecture, the GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.31 fails to ignore the LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC environment variable during program execution after a security transition, allowing local attackers to restrict the possible mapping addresses for loaded libraries and thus bypass ASLR for a setuid program.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.