CVE-2021-27645

Name
CVE-2021-27645
Description
The nameserver caching daemon (nscd) in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.29 through 2.33, when processing a request for netgroup lookup, may crash due to a double-free, potentially resulting in degraded service or Denial of Service on the local system. This is related to netgroupcache.c.
NVD Severity
low
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Issue Tracking https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27462
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7TS26LIZSOBLGJEZMJX4PXT5BQDE2WS/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7LZNT6KTMCCWPWXEOGSHD3YLYZKUGMH5/
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-07

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* glibc >= 2.29 <= 2.33

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status