CVE-2014-9984 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99071 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16695 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=c44496df2f090a56d3bf75df930592dac6bba46f

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8