{"id":"CVE-2014-8121","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:15:17.624876944Z","published":"2015-03-27T14:59:03Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2015:1424-1","SUSE-SU-2015:1844-1","SUSE-SU-2016:0470-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10154-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0327.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73038"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00019.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165192"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-02/msg00617.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165192"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}