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glibc: LD_POINTER_GUARD in the environment is not sanitized

🗓️ 01 Aug 2017 14:05:43Reported by RedHatType 
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glibc LD_POINTER_GUARD is not sanitized, bypassing guards for set user id programs to run code as the user.

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CVSS 22.1
CVSS 35.5
EPSS0.0057
glibc vulnerabilitypointer guardset user idenvironment variablesanitization flawarbitrary code execution
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