CVE-2015-8777

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8777
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-20 05:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-05 02:30:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-254

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0470-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
GNU glibc CVE-2015-8777 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE assignment request for security bugs fixed in glibc 2.23 MLIST www.openwall.com
18928 – (CVE-2015-8777) LD_POINTER_GUARD is not ignored for privileged binaries (CVE-2015-8777) CONFIRM sourceware.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: glibc-2.21-11.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Glibc Pointer guarding weakness MISC hmarco.org Exploit
USN-2985-2: GNU C Library regression | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0472-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0473-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-2985-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0471-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3480-1 eglibc DEBIAN www.debian.org
GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-11) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Glibc process_envvars() Flaw Lets Local Users Bypass Pointer Guard Protection - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710558 Gentoo Linux GNU C Library Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-11)
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