NVD
- Id
- 35338
- Name
- CVE-2014-8121
- 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.
- Reject
- CVSS Version
- 2
- CVSS Score
- 5
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS Base Score
- 5
- CVSS Impact Subscore
- 2.9
- CVSS Exploit Subscore
- 10
- CVSS Vector
- (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
- Pub Date
- 2017-01-19
- Published
- 2015-03-27
- Modified Date
- 2016-12-02
- Seq
- 2014-8121