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   "CVE_data_meta" : {
      "ASSIGNER" : "security@debian.org",
      "ID" : "CVE-2017-16997",
      "STATE" : "PUBLIC"
   },
   "affects" : {
      "vendor" : {
         "vendor_data" : [
            {
               "product" : {
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                     {
                        "product_name" : "glibc 2.19 through 2.26",
                        "version" : {
                           "version_data" : [
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                                 "version_value" : "glibc 2.19 through 2.26"
                              }
                           ]
                        }
                     }
                  ]
               },
               "vendor_name" : "n/a"
            }
         ]
      }
   },
   "data_format" : "MITRE",
   "data_type" : "CVE",
   "data_version" : "4.0",
   "description" : {
      "description_data" : [
         {
            "lang" : "eng",
            "value" : "elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.19 through 2.26 mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN for a privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE) program, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory, related to the fillin_rpath and decompose_rpath functions. This is associated with misinterpretion of an empty RPATH/RUNPATH token as the \"./\" directory. NOTE: this configuration of RPATH/RUNPATH for a privileged program is apparently very uncommon; most likely, no such program is shipped with any common Linux distribution."
         }
      ]
   },
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      "problemtype_data" : [
         {
            "description" : [
               {
                  "lang" : "eng",
                  "value" : "improper RPATH/RUNPATH validation"
               }
            ]
         }
      ]
   },
   "references" : {
      "reference_data" : [
         {
            "name" : "https://bugs.debian.org/884615",
            "refsource" : "CONFIRM",
            "url" : "https://bugs.debian.org/884615"
         },
         {
            "name" : "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22625",
            "refsource" : "CONFIRM",
            "url" : "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22625"
         },
         {
            "name" : "https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-12/msg00528.html",
            "refsource" : "CONFIRM",
            "url" : "https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-12/msg00528.html"
         },
         {
            "name" : "RHSA-2018:3092",
            "refsource" : "REDHAT",
            "url" : "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3092"
         },
         {
            "name" : "102228",
            "refsource" : "BID",
            "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102228"
         }
      ]
   }
}