Bug 552692 (CVE-2014-8121)

Summary:	<sys-libs/glibc-2.21-r2: file pointer reset with NSS (CVE-2014-8121)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot <glsamaker>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	flow, randy, toolchain
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18007
Whiteboard:	A3 [glsa]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	574880
Bug Blocks:

Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2015-06-21 00:23:41 UTC

CVE-2014-8121 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8121):
  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 while the database is iterated over
  the database, which triggers the file pointer to be reset.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2015-07-21 03:13:16 UTC

this is fixed in glibc-2.22, but i don't plan on trying to backport it as it touches a few more files/logic than i'm comfortable with backporting

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2016-02-16 19:05:53 UTC

i've included this in glibc-2.21-r2 now; stabilization is via bug 574880

Comment 3 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2016-02-17 15:39:08 UTC

This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201602-02 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
by GLSA coordinator Tobias Heinlein (keytoaster).