Infinite loop in GNU C Library (glibc) - CVE-2014-8121

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Infinite loop in GNU C Library (glibc) - CVE-2014-8121

Published: October 27, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82529
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8121
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop. A remote attacker can 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.


Affected software

GNU C Library (glibc)
Gentoo Linux
Integrated Management Module II (IMM2)
sys-libs/glibc

How to mitigate CVE-2014-8121

Install updates from vendor's website.

GNU C Library (glibc) - update to 2.22
Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) - update to 1AOO68L — 5.20
sys-libs/glibc - update to 2.21-r2

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