Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting nscd package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-NSCD-1959110
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Feb 2015

Introduced: 22 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-8983  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 nscd.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nscd package and not the nscd package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the _IO_wstr_overflow function in libio/wstrops.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to computing a size in bytes, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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