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CVE-2014-8121

Exploit

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.

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
SuseSuse Linux Enterprise Desktop Version11 Updatesp3
SuseSuse Linux Enterprise Desktop Version11 Updatesp4
SuseSuse Linux Enterprise Server Version11.0 Updatesp3
SuseSuse Linux Enterprise Server Version11.0 Updatesp3 SwPlatformvmware
SuseSuse Linux Enterprise Server Version11.0 Updatesp4
GnuGlibc Version <= 2.21
CanonicalUbuntu Linux Version12.04 SwEditionlts
CanonicalUbuntu Linux Version14.04 SwEditionlts
CanonicalUbuntu Linux Version15.10
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 2.99% 0.861
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 5 10 2.9
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P