Overview
About vulnerability
nscd: netgroup cache assumes NSS callback uses in-buffer strings
The Name Service Cache Daemon’s (nscd) netgroup cache can corrupt memory when the NSS callback does not store all strings in the provided buffer. The flaw was introduced in glibc 2.15 when the cache was added to nscd.
This vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , CentOS 6 ELS , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , CloudLinux 6 ELS , Oracle Linux 6 ELS , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- glibc @ 2.27-3 (+9 more)
nscd: netgroup cache assumes NSS callback uses in-buffer strings
The Name Service Cache Daemon’s (nscd) netgroup cache can corrupt memory when the NSS callback does not store all strings in the provided buffer. The flaw was introduced in glibc 2.15 when the cache was added to nscd.
This vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.