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CVE-2014-8121
published 2015-03-27

CVE-2014-8121: 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…

medium5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
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

13 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debianglibc< glibc 2.21-1 (bookworm)glibc 2.21-1 (bookworm)
eglibceglibc>= 0 < 2.19-0ubuntu6.82.19-0ubuntu6.8
eglibceglibc>= 0 < 2.19-0ubuntu6.92.19-0ubuntu6.9
gnuglibc<= 2.21
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.21-12.21-1
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.21-12.21-1
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.21-12.21-1
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.21-12.21-1
susesuse_linux_enterprise_desktop
susesuse_linux_enterprise_server

CVSS provenance

nvd5.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.0MEDIUM