CVE-2021-27645

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.

CVSS v3 2.5 LOW
CVSS v2.0 1.9 LOW

2.5^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

1.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7LZNT6KTMCCWPWXEOGSHD3YLYZKUGMH5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7TS26LIZSOBLGJEZMJX4PXT5BQDE2WS/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-07	Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27462	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-02-24 15:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 03:31

NVD link : CVE-2021-27645

Mitre link : CVE-2021-27645

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-27645

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

gnu

glibc

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-415

Double Free

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