CVE-2015-8777
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8777
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8777.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8777
- Related
- Published
- 2016-01-20T05:59:01Z
- Modified
- 2024-09-11T02:00:05Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The processenvvars 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 LDPOINTER_GUARD environment variable.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
- 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
- http://hmarco.org/bugs/glibc_ptr_mangle_weakness.html
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18928
- 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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81469
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034811
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8777
Affected packages
Debian:11 / glibc
Package
- Name
- glibc
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source
Debian:12 / glibc
Package
- Name
- glibc
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source
Debian:13 / glibc
Package
- Name
- glibc
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source