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* [Bug network/18007] New: nss_files file pointer reset during iteration causes application denial of service (CVE-2014-8121)
@ 2015-02-23 11:24 fweimer at redhat dot com
  2015-02-23 12:03 ` [Bug network/18007] " schwab@linux-m68k.org
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  0 siblings, 16 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: fweimer at redhat dot com @ 2015-02-23 11:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18007

            Bug ID: 18007
           Summary: nss_files file pointer reset during iteration causes
                    application denial of service (CVE-2014-8121)
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.21
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: network
          Assignee: fweimer at redhat dot com
          Reporter: fweimer at redhat dot com
             Flags: security+

Robin Hack discovered that Samba would enter an infinite loop when processing
quota-related requests.  It turns out this is a bug in the nss_files database. 
Performing a lookup in the middle of an iteration (say, getwuid between
getpwent) effectively resets the file pointer, so that the iteration starts
again from the beginning.

I'll post a patch to libc-alpha shortly.

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