CVE-2014-8121
First published: Tue Nov 18 2014(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | =11-sp3 | |
| SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | =11-sp4 | |
| SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =11.0-sp3 | |
| Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server Vmware | =11.0-sp3 | |
| SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =11.0-sp4 | |
| GNU glibc | <=2.21 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =15.10 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0327.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73038
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165192
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-02/msg00617.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=960834&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=960834&action=edit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=980211&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=980211&action=edit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=992644&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=992644&action=edit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1195201
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0327.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
- https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
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