CVE-2015-8777

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.
References
Link Resource
http://hmarco.org/bugs/glibc_ptr_mangle_weakness.html Exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177404.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81469
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034811
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18928
http://hmarco.org/bugs/glibc_ptr_mangle_weakness.html Exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177404.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81469
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034811
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18928
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:39

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://hmarco.org/bugs/glibc_ptr_mangle_weakness.html - Exploit () http://hmarco.org/bugs/glibc_ptr_mangle_weakness.html - Exploit
References () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177404.html - () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177404.html -
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html -
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html -
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html -
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html -
References () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480 - () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480 -
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1 -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81469 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81469 -
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034811 - () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034811 -
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1 - () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1 -
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2 - () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2 -
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916 -
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 - () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 -
References () https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18928 - () 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