Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2014-8121): GNU C Library regression
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
03/27/2015
07/25/2018
05/27/2016
04/25/2018
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.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-libc-bin
- ubuntu-upgrade-libc6
- ubuntu-upgrade-libc6-dev
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