Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting nscd package, versions <0:2.12-1.132.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (63rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-NSCD-2089096
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Aug 2013

Introduced: 20 Aug 2013

CVE-2013-4332  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 nscd to version 0:2.12-1.132.el6 or higher.

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.

Multiple integer overflows in malloc/malloc.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) via a large value to the (1) pvalloc, (2) valloc, (3) posix_memalign, (4) memalign, or (5) aligned_alloc functions.

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