Security Features Affecting glibc package, versions <2.21-0ubuntu4.2
Threat Intelligence
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- published20 Jan 2016
- disclosed20 Jan 2016
Introduced: 20 Jan 2016
CVE-2015-8777 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:15.10 glibc to version 2.21-0ubuntu4.2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:15.10 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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8777
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8777
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177404.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
- http://hmarco.org/bugs/glibc_ptr_mangle_weakness.html
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18928
- 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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916
- 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