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CVE-2015-8777
Published: Jan 20, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
SUSE-SU-2016:0471
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
RHSA-2017:1916
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
http://hmarco.org/bugs/glibc_ptr_mangle_weakness.html
x_refsource_MISC
SUSE-SU-2016:0470
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-2985-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[oss-security] 20160119 Re: CVE assignment request for security bugs fixed in glibc 2.23
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
GLSA-201702-11
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
SUSE-SU-2016:0472
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
SUSE-SU-2016:0473
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
81469
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18928
x_refsource_CONFIRM
FEDORA-2016-0480defc94
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
DSA-3480
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
USN-2985-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
1034811
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
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