CVE-2014-8121

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2015-03-27 14:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-17 19:01:00

Affected Software

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11 Service Pack 3

11

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11 Service Pack 4

11

Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 Service Pack 3

11.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 Service Pack 3 for VMware

11.0
vmware

GNU glibc

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS

12.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10

15.10

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