The process_envvars function in elf/rtld.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows local users to bypass a pointer-guarding protection mechanism via a zero value of the LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable.
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21 Nov 2024, 02:39
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://hmarco.org/bugs/glibc_ptr_mangle_weakness.html - Exploit | |
References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177404.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html - | |
References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480 - | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1 - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81469 - | |
References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034811 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2 - | |
References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916 - | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 - | |
References | () https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18928 - |
Information
Published : 2016-01-20 05:59
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:39
NVD link : CVE-2015-8777
Mitre link : CVE-2015-8777
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8777
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Products Affected
gnu
- glibc
CWE
CWE-254
7PK - Security Features