Code Affecting glibc package, versions <2.21-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-515032
- published 27 Mar 2015
- disclosed 27 Mar 2015
Introduced: 27 Mar 2015
CVE-2014-8121 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.21-1 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:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
DB_LOOKUP in nss_files/files-XXX.c in the Name Service Switch (NSS) in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.21 and earlier does not properly check if a file is open, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by performing a look-up on a database while iterating over it, which triggers the file pointer to be reset.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8121
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-02/msg00617.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165192
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0327.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73038
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-8121
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8121