SB2021022425 - Denial of service in GNU C Library
Published: February 24, 2021 Updated: July 6, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021022425
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Double Free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27645)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the nameserver caching daemon (nscd) in the GNU C Library when processing a request for netgroup lookup. A local user can initiate a specially crafted request, trigger a double free error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27462
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7TS26LIZSOBLGJEZMJX4PXT5BQDE2WS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7LZNT6KTMCCWPWXEOGSHD3YLYZKUGMH5/