CVE-2014-8121 : Detail

CVE-2014-8121

1.55%V3
Network
2015-03-27
13h00 +00:00
2016-11-30
17h57 +00:00
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CVE Descriptions

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.

CVE Informations

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID Weakness Name Source
CWE-17 Category : DEPRECATED: Code
This entry has been deprecated. It was originally used for organizing the Development View (CWE-699) and some other views, but it introduced unnecessary complexity and depth to the resulting tree.

Metrics

Metrics Score Severity CVSS Vector Source
V2 5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P [email protected]

EPSS

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EPSS Score

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EPSS Percentile

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Products Mentioned

Configuraton 0

Suse>>Suse_linux_enterprise_desktop >> Version 11

Suse>>Suse_linux_enterprise_desktop >> Version 11

Suse>>Suse_linux_enterprise_server >> Version 11.0

Suse>>Suse_linux_enterprise_server >> Version 11.0

Suse>>Suse_linux_enterprise_server >> Version 11.0

    Configuraton 0

    Gnu>>Glibc >> Version To (including) 2.21

    Configuraton 0

    Canonical>>Ubuntu_linux >> Version 12.04

    Canonical>>Ubuntu_linux >> Version 14.04

    Canonical>>Ubuntu_linux >> Version 15.10

    References

    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
    Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
    Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0327.html
    Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73038
    Tags : vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
    Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
    Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU