CVE-2015-8777MEDIUM
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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
http://hmarco.org/bugs/glibc_ptr_mangle_weakness.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177404.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81469
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034811
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2016-01-20
Updated: 2018-01-05
Type: CWE-254
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 2.1
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS v3
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 2.22 (inclusive)
Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125004 | EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2019-1551) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 103058 | EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2017-1200) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | critical |
| 103057 | EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2017-1199) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | critical |
| 102865 | Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2017-877) | Nessus | Amazon Linux Local Security Checks | critical |
| 102743 | CentOS 7 : glibc (CESA-2017:1916) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | critical |
| 102641 | Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL7.x x86_64 (20170801) | Nessus | Scientific Linux Local Security Checks | critical |
| 102288 | Oracle Linux 7 : glibc (ELSA-2017-1916) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | critical |
| 102149 | RHEL 7 : glibc (RHSA-2017:1916) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | critical |
| 97254 | GLSA-201702-11 : GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities | Nessus | Gentoo Local Security Checks | critical |
| 91341 | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : eglibc, glibc regression (USN-2985-2) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | critical |
| 91334 | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities (USN-2985-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | critical |
| 89473 | Fedora 22 : glibc-2.21-11.fc22 (2016-0480defc94) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |
| 88833 | SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2016:0472-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 88832 | SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2016:0471-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 88831 | SUSE SLES11 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2016:0470-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 88829 | openSUSE Security Update : glibc (openSUSE-2016-224) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 88767 | Debian DSA-3480-1 : eglibc - security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | critical |