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Linux’s Looney Tunables Vulnerability

October 4, 2023
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A newly discovered Linux security vulnerability, known as “Looney Tunables” and tracked as CVE-2023-4911 with a CVSS score of 7.8, has raised significant concerns in the cybersecurity community.

Furthermore, this vulnerability resides in the GNU C library’s dynamic loader, ld.so, and poses a local privilege escalation risk, potentially allowing malicious actors to gain root privileges. Cybersecurity firm Qualys disclosed this issue, which was introduced as a code commit in April 2021. The GNU C library, commonly referred to as glibc, is a critical component of Linux-based systems, offering essential functionalities for various system operations.

This vulnerability affects several major Linux distributions, including Fedora 37 and 38, Ubuntu 22.04 and 23.04, and Debian 12 and 13, with the potential for other distributions to be vulnerable as well. It’s important to note that Alpine Linux, which uses the musl libc library instead of glibc, is not impacted. The misuse or exploitation of the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable, which this vulnerability targets, can have significant implications for system performance, reliability, and security.

Security experts emphasize the gravity of this vulnerability, as it could allow local attackers to execute malicious code with elevated privileges by using crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission.

To address this issue, Red Hat has issued an advisory outlining temporary mitigation measures to terminate setuid programs invoked with GLIBC_TUNABLES in the environment. “Looney Tunables” joins a growing list of Linux privilege escalation flaws discovered in recent years, highlighting the ongoing need for vigilant system security practices and timely updates to safeguard against potential threats.

Reference:
  • CVE-2023-4911
Tags: CVSSCyber AlertCyber Alerts 2023CybersecurityFedoraGLIBC_TUNABLESLinuxLooney TunablesOctober 2023UbuntuVulnerabilities
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