Resource Exhaustion Affecting nscd package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.33% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-NSCD-1989463
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 May 2017

Introduced: 8 May 2017

CVE-2017-8804  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (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.

The xdr_bytes and xdr_string functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.25 mishandle failures of buffer deserialization, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (virtual memory allocation, or memory consumption if an overcommit setting is not used) via a crafted UDP packet to port 111, a related issue to CVE-2017-8779. NOTE: [Information provided from upstream and references