CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-8121

Published: Mar 27, 2015 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Suse_linux_enterprise_desktop Suse 11-sp3 (including) 11-sp3 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_desktop Suse 11-sp4 (including) 11-sp4 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_server Suse 11.0-sp3 (including) 11.0-sp3 (including)
Suse_linux_enterprise_server Suse 11.0-sp4 (including) 11.0-sp4 (including)

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