SB2014112002 - Denial of service in GNU Glibc
Published: November 20, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014112002
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9402)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the nss_dns implementation of getnetbyname due to infinite loop when the DNS backend in the Name Service Switch configuration is enabled. A remote attacker can send a positive answer while a network name is being process and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.