UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8777

The processenvvars 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 LDPOINTERGUARD environment variable...

GNU glibc 'LD_POINTER_GUARD' Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

GNU glibc is an open source, free C compiler released under the LGPL license. A security vulnerability exists in GNU glibc 'LDPOINTERGUARD' which allows local attackers to exploit the vulnerability to elevate privileges...