Security Features Affecting glibc-common package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-GLIBCCOMMON-1957870
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Sept 2015

Introduced: 5 Sep 2015

CVE-2015-8777  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-254  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 glibc-common.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-common package and not the glibc-common package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.