CVE-2015-8777

glibc: LD_POINTER_GUARD in the environment is not sanitized

Published Jan 20, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3480-1 eglibc security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8649 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2985-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:29 AM
Reserved
Jan 19, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 20, 2016, 5:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:35 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 5, 2015, 12:00 AM