vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2015-8777: Moderate: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2017:1916)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jan 20, 2016 | Aug 3, 2017 | Mar 3, 2021 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 20, 2016
Added
Aug 3, 2017
Modified
Mar 3, 2021
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)
redhat-upgrade-glibcredhat-upgrade-glibc-commonredhat-upgrade-glibc-debuginforedhat-upgrade-glibc-debuginfo-commonredhat-upgrade-glibc-develredhat-upgrade-glibc-headersredhat-upgrade-glibc-staticredhat-upgrade-glibc-utilsredhat-upgrade-nscd
NEW
Explore Exposure Command
Confidently identify and prioritize exposures from endpoint to cloud with full attack surface visibility and threat-aware risk context.