CVE - CVE-2015-8777

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-8777	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:1034811 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034811 MISC:81469 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81469 MISC:DSA-3480 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480 MISC:FEDORA-2016-0480defc94 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177404.html MISC:GLSA-201702-11 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11 MISC:RHSA-2017:1916 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916 MISC:SUSE-SU-2016:0470 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2016:0471 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2016:0472 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2016:0473 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html MISC:USN-2985-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1 MISC:USN-2985-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2 MISC:[oss-security] 20160119 Re: CVE assignment request for security bugs fixed in glibc 2.23 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1 MISC:http://hmarco.org/bugs/glibc_ptr_mangle_weakness.html URL:http://hmarco.org/bugs/glibc_ptr_mangle_weakness.html MISC:https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18928 URL:https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18928
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20160119	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160119)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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