CVE-2021-27645
Published: 24 February 2021
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.
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 2.5
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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eglibc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
impish |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
trusty |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
glibc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
focal |
Released
(2.31-0ubuntu9.7)
|
|
groovy |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(2.33-0ubuntu5)
|
|
impish |
Not vulnerable
(2.33-0ubuntu5)
|
|
jammy |
Not vulnerable
(2.33-0ubuntu5)
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Needs triage
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=dca565886b5e8bd7966e15f0ca42ee5cff686673 |
Notes
Author | Note |
---|---|
mdeslaur | introduced in 2.29 by: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=745664bd798ec8fd50438605948eea594179fba1 introduced in 2.28-1 debian packaging by: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc/-/commit/aea56157b456d4d9bef337d0149e952a41a7d919 |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-27645
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5310-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian