SB2023011319 - Double free in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Published: January 13, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023011319
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
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
Install update from vendor's website.