CVE-2016-2856

pt_chown in the glibc package before 2.19-18+deb8u4 on Debian jessie; the elibc package before 2.15-0ubuntu10.14 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and before 2.19-0ubuntu6.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; and the glibc package before 2.21-0ubuntu4.2 on Ubuntu 15.10 and before 2.23-0ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 16.10 lacks a namespace check associated with file-descriptor passing, which allows local users to capture keystrokes and spoof data, and possibly gain privileges, via pts read and write operations, related to debian/sysdeps/linux.mk. NOTE: this is not considered a vulnerability in the upstream GNU C Library because the upstream documentation has a clear security recommendation against the --enable-pt_chown option.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:48

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-glibc/glibc.git/commit/?h=jessie&id=09f7764882a81e13e7b5d87d715412283a6ce403 - () http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-glibc/glibc.git/commit/?h=jessie&id=09f7764882a81e13e7b5d87d715412283a6ce403 -
References () http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-glibc/glibc.git/commit/?h=jessie&id=11475c083282c1582c4dd72eecfcb2b7d308c958 - () http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-glibc/glibc.git/commit/?h=jessie&id=11475c083282c1582c4dd72eecfcb2b7d308c958 -
References () http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-2856.html - () http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-2856.html -
References () http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/PtChownArbitraryPtsAccessViaUserNamespace/ - () http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/PtChownArbitraryPtsAccessViaUserNamespace/ -
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/23/3 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/23/3 -
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/2 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/2 -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84601 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84601 -
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 -

Information

Published : 2016-03-14 01:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:48


NVD link : CVE-2016-2856

Mitre link : CVE-2016-2856

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-2856


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

gnu

  • glibc

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-264

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