# CVE-2011-0532: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious shared library in the current working directory due to insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH settings in 389 Directory Server scripts.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.2 (`AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 Feb 2011
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pw8c-3x98-r358

## What is CVE-2011-0532?

CVE-2011-0532 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Feb 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The (1) backup and restore scripts, (2) main initialization script, and (3) ldap-agent script in 389 Directory Server 1.2.x (aka Red Hat Directory Server 8.2.x) place a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0532?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fedoraproject 389 Directory Server, Redhat Directory Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-0532?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2011-0532 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0532 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2017-7551](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7551/): Information disclosure in 389-ds-base (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-15135](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15135/): Auth bypass in 389-ds-base (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2019-10171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10171/): Denial of service in 389-ds-base (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2018-14638](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14638/): Denial of service in 389-ds-base (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2018-1054](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1054/): Denial of service in 389-ds-base (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-0532 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-0532 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Feb 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0532 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0532/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0532/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0532
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0532
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-0532

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0532/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.