Security Features Affecting glibc-devel package, versions <0:2.17-196.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-GLIBCDEVEL-2087170
  • 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?

Upgrade Centos:7 glibc-devel to version 0:2.17-196.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-devel package and not the glibc-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 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.