CVE-2015-8777
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2015-09-05 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
Description
The process_envvars function in elf/rtld.c in the GNU C Library (akaglibc 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.
See more information about CVE-2015-8777 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 3.7 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc) | ELSA-2017-1916 | 2017-08-07 |
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