https://pwn.watch/t/kinsing Live security incidents worldwide: CVEs, patch status, fixed versions, advisories and the posts that broke them. en Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://pwn.watch/i/glibc-looney-tunables-cve-2023-4911 https://pwn.watch/i/glibc-looney-tunables-cve-2023-4911 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT high <p>A buffer overflow in glibc's dynamic loader, triggered through the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable, gave local users root through SUID binaries on default installs of Fedora, Ubuntu and Debian. Cloud attackers such as Kinsing were soon using it.</p> <p><strong>Status:</strong> closed · <strong>Patch:</strong> patched · <strong>Fixed in:</strong> See your distribution's advisory</p> <p><strong>Latest updates:</strong></p><ul><li>2023-11-21: CISA adds CVE-2023-4911 to the KEV catalog</li><li>2023-10-03: Qualys discloses Looney Tunables; distros ship patched glibc (<a href="https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2023/10/03/cve-2023-4911-looney-tunables-local-privilege-escalation-in-the-glibcs-ld-so">source</a>)</li></ul> <p><strong>CVEs:</strong> CVE-2023-4911</p>