Resource Management Errors Affecting glibc package, versions <2.19-14
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
10.71% (95th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-GLIBC-356576
- published 24 Feb 2015
- disclosed 24 Feb 2015
Introduced: 24 Feb 2015
CVE-2014-9402 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
glibc
to version 2.19-14 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 Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
The nss_dns implementation of getnetbyname in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.21, when the DNS backend in the Name Service Switch configuration is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by sending a positive answer while a network name is being process.
References
- ADVISORY
- BUGTRAQ
- Bugtraq Mailing List
- CONFIRM
- FULLDISC
- Gentoo Security Advisory
- MISC
- MISC
- OpenSuse Security Update
- Oracle Security Advisory
- OSS security Advisory
- RHSA Security Advisory
- Seclists Full Disclosure
- Security Focus
- Ubuntu CVE Tracker
- Ubuntu Security Advisory
- secalert@redhat.com
- secalert@redhat.com