Use After Free Affecting glibc package, versions <0:2.28-164.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-GLIBC-2139494
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 24 Feb 2021
Introduced: 24 Feb 2021
CVE-2021-27645 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8
glibc
to version 0:2.28-164.el8 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc
package and not the glibc
package as distributed by Centos:8
.
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for Centos:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
The nameserver caching daemon (nscd) in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.29 through 2.33, when processing a request for netgroup lookup, may crash due to a double-free, potentially resulting in degraded service or Denial of Service on the local system. This is related to netgroupcache.c.