CVE-2014-9984

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: June 12, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

nscd in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before version 2.20 does not correctly compute the size of an internal buffer when processing netgroup requests, possibly leading to an nscd daemon crash or code execution as the user running nscd.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99071

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16695

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c44496df2f090a56d3bf75df930592dac6bba46f

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html