CVE-2014-8121

EPSS 2.5%

eglibc - security update

Published: 3/27/2015Modified: 4/28/2026

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.

Affected packages (3)

References (1)