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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 26, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-0170

CVE-2001-0170

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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Affected products

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  • Immunix/Immunix
    cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:7.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Conectiva/Linux9 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.0es:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:ecommerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:graficas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Debian/linux
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/Linux2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*

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