High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2013-7172
CVE-2013-7172
Description
Slackware 13.1, 13.37, 14.0 and 14.1 contain world-writable permissions on the iodbctest and iodbctestw programs within the libiodbc package, which could allow local users to use RPATH information to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:13.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Slackware/libiodbcdescription
Patches
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References
4- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/20/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89916nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7172nvdThird Party Advisory
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