UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8777

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8777
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8777.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8777
Related
Published
2016-01-20T00:00:00Z
Modified
2016-01-20T00:00:00Z
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / eglibc

Package

Name
eglibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc@2.19-0ubuntu6.8?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.19-0ubuntu6.8

Affected versions

2.*

2.17-93ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu1
2.18-0ubuntu2
2.18-0ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu5
2.18-0ubuntu6
2.18-0ubuntu7
2.19-0ubuntu2
2.19-0ubuntu3
2.19-0ubuntu4
2.19-0ubuntu5
2.19-0ubuntu6
2.19-0ubuntu6.1
2.19-0ubuntu6.3
2.19-0ubuntu6.4
2.19-0ubuntu6.5
2.19-0ubuntu6.6
2.19-0ubuntu6.7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "multiarch-support": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-dev": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-udeb-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libnss-dns-udeb-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-ppc64": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-dev-i386": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libnss-dns-udeb": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-amd64-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-dev-amd64": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-pic": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "nscd-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "nscd": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "glibc-doc": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-ppc64-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-armel": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-armel-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-dbg": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc-bin": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-i386": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-udeb": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-dev-x32": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "eglibc-source": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc-bin-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc-dev-bin": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-amd64": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-x32": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-prof": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libnss-files-udeb": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libnss-files-udeb-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-dev-armel": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-dev-ppc64": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-i386-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc-dev-bin-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
            "libc6-x32-dbgsym": "2.19-0ubuntu6.8"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/glibc@2.23-0ubuntu1?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.23-0ubuntu1

Affected versions

2.*

2.21-0ubuntu4
2.21-0ubuntu5
2.21-0ubuntu6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libc6-s390-dbgsym": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-dev": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-udeb-dbgsym": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "multiarch-support": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libnss-dns-udeb-dbgsym": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-ppc64": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-dev-s390": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-dev-i386": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libnss-dns-udeb": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-amd64-dbgsym": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "locales-all": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "glibc-source": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-dev-amd64": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-pic": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "nscd-dbgsym": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "nscd": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "glibc-doc": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-ppc64-dbgsym": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-armel": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-dbg": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-armel-dbgsym": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-dev-x32": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-i386": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-udeb": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc-bin": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc-bin-dbgsym": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc-dev-bin": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-amd64": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-x32": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libnss-files-udeb": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libnss-files-udeb-dbgsym": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-dbgsym": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-s390": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-dev-armel": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-dev-ppc64": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-i386-dbgsym": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "locales": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc-dev-bin-dbgsym": "2.23-0ubuntu1",
            "libc6-x32-dbgsym": "2.23-0ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}