glibc: denial of service
| Package(s): | glibc | CVE #(s): | CVE-2014-8121 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created: | March 6, 2015 | Updated: | September 28, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | From the Red Hat advisory: It was found that the files back end of Name Service Switch (NSS) did not isolate iteration over an entire database from key-based look-up API calls. An application performing look-ups on a database while iterating over it could enter an infinite loop, leading to a denial of service. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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