CVE-2023-4911 - Buffer Overflow

Abstract

A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.

The Oxygen products incorporate GNU C as a third-party library. This advisory was opened to address the potential impact of this third-party library vulnerability.

Affected Products/Versions

Mitigation

None

Detail

CVE-2023-4911

Severity: High

CVSS Score: 7.8

The GNU C third-party library used by Oxygen XML products is an affected version mentioned in CVE-2023-4911 vulnerability description. Oxygen Feedback product's design incorporates security measures that significantly reduce the exploitation risks of this vulnerability. For that reason we rated this vulnerability as low.