cvelist/2013/4xxx/CVE-2013-4788.json

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                "value": "The PTR_MANGLE implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.4, 2.17, and earlier, and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) does not initialize the random value for the pointer guard, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to control execution flow by leveraging a buffer-overflow vulnerability in an application and using the known zero value pointer guard to calculate a pointer address."
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            {
                "name": "20150907 Glibc Pointer guarding weakness",
                "refsource": "FULLDISC",
                "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/23"
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            {
                "name": "MDVSA-2013:284",
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                "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284"
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                "name": "[oss-security] 20130716 Re: CVE-2013-4788 - Eglibc PTR MANGLE bug",
                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/15/9"
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            {
                "name": "61183",
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