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CVE-2016-2856

CVE-2016-2856

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pt_chown in the glibc package before 2.19-18+deb8u4 on Debian jessie; the elibc package before 2.15-0ubuntu10.14 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and before 2.19-0ubuntu6.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; and the glibc package before 2.21-0ubuntu4.2 on Ubuntu 15.10 and before 2.23-0ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 16.10 lacks a namespace check associated with file-descriptor passing, which allows local users to capture keystrokes and spoof data, and possibly gain privileges, via pts read and write operations, related to debian/sysdeps/linux.mk. NOTE: this is not considered a vulnerability in the upstream GNU C Library because the upstream documentation has a clear security recommendation against the --enable-pt_chown option.

CVSS 8.4 · High · EPSS 1.0% · Public exploit · Fix available

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Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • n/a

    Versions
    • n/a: Affected

    No fix published

  • glibc Debian:12

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2.21-1

    Update to 2.21-1

  • glibc Debian:13

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2.21-1

    Update to 2.21-1

  • glibc Debian:14

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2.21-1

    Update to 2.21-1

  • eglibc Ubuntu:14.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 2.17-93ubuntu4
    • 2.18-0ubuntu1
    • 2.18-0ubuntu2
    • 2.18-0ubuntu4
    • 2.18-0ubuntu5
    • 2.18-0ubuntu6
    • 2.18-0ubuntu7
    • 2.19-0ubuntu2
    • 2.19-0ubuntu3
    • 2.19-0ubuntu4
    • 2.19-0ubuntu5
    • 2.19-0ubuntu6
    • 2.19-0ubuntu6.1
    • 2.19-0ubuntu6.3
    • 2.19-0ubuntu6.4
    • 2.19-0ubuntu6.5
    • 2.19-0ubuntu6.6
    • 2.19-0ubuntu6.7
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2.19-0ubuntu6.8

    Update to 2.19-0ubuntu6.8

Original sources

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