CVE-2014-8121
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-03-27 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 13:10
Severity ?
Summary
DB_LOOKUP in nss_files/files-XXX.c in the Name Service Switch (NSS) in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.21 and earlier does not properly check if a file is open, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by performing a look-up on a database while iterating over it, which triggers the file pointer to be reset.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00019.htmlMailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.htmlMailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0327.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73038Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165192Exploit, Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-02/msg00617.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00019.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0327.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73038Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165192Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-02/msg00617.htmlExploit
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