CVE-2014-8121
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8121
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-8121.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-8121
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2015-03-27T14:59:03Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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DBLOOKUP in nssfiles/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.
- References
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- 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165192
- https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-02/msg00617.html