CVE - CVE-2014-8121

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-8121	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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MISC:73038 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73038 MISC:DSA-3480 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480 MISC:GLSA-201602-02 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 MISC:RHSA-2015:0327 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0327.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2015:1424 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00019.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2016:0470 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html MISC:USN-2985-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1 MISC:USN-2985-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2 MISC:[libc-alpha] 20150223 [PATCH] CVE-2014-8121: Fix nss_files file management [BZ#18007] URL:https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-02/msg00617.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165192 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165192
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20141010	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20141010)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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