CVE-2015-8777 | BDVDB-2026-73898 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916
- http://hmarco.org/bugs/glibc_ptr_mangle_weakness.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81469
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18928
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177404.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034811
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.