Name: CVE-2014-9984: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2014-9984, CWE-119, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.04476

nscd in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before version 2.20 does not correctly compute the size of an internal buffer when processing netgroup requests, possibly leading to an nscd daemon crash or code execution as the user running nscd.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade glibc	Jul 30, 2024	Jun 12, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade glibc-profile-32bitUpgrade glibc-infoUpgrade nscdUpgrade glibc-32bitUpgrade glibc-profileUpgrade glibc-devel-32bitUpgrade glibc-develUpgrade glibc-localeUpgrade glibc-i18ndataUpgrade glibcUpgrade glibc-locale-32bitUpgrade glibc-html	Jan 13, 2018	Jun 12, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libc6 (Ubuntu Pro)	May 3, 2024	Jun 12, 2017

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CVSS Details

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