CVE-2014-8121

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Suse
Status
Suse Linux Enterprise Server
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 March 2015

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

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165192
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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