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LOWCVSS 1.2

CVE-2000-0959

CVE-2000-0959 updated by NVD

Modified
2026-09-25
Sources
nvd

Summary

glibc2 does not properly clear the LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG environmental variables when a program is spawned from a setuid program, which could allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

References

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