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Debian: CVE-2015-8777: eglibc -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2015-8777: eglibc -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2016
Modified
03/23/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-eglibc

Related Vulnerabilities

  • 81469
  • DLA-316-1
  • DSA-3480
  • Category I
  • 2016-A-0053
  • CVE-2015-8777
  • RHSA-2017:1916
View more

References

  • debian-upgrade-eglibc

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