CVE-2015-8777

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-09-05

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

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	3.7	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	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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