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.
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3480-1 eglibc security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8649 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2985-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:21.801Z

Reserved: 2016-01-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8777

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-01-20T05:59:01.237

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-8777

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-09-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8777 - Bugzilla

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