From: DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] NEWS: Add entry for CVE-2021-27645
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:55:58 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xn5z28vwoh.fsf@rhel8.vm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v9a8w2kp.fsf@igel.home> (message from Andreas Schwab on Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:48:38 +0100)
Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
> You need to add it to NEWS.
---
NEWS | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 73a1a0df97..aa0f10a891 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ Changes to build and runtime requirements:
Security related changes:
- [Add security related changes here]
+ CVE-2021-27645: The nameserver caching daemon (nscd), 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. Reported by Chris Schanzle.
The following bugs are resolved with this release:
--
2.29.2
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-03 19:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-25 21:13 [PATCH v1] nscd: Fix double free in netgroupcache [BZ #27462] DJ Delorie
2021-03-01 7:48 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-03-02 17:38 ` DJ Delorie
2021-03-02 17:03 ` Carlos O'Donell
2021-03-03 12:19 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-03-03 17:11 ` DJ Delorie
2021-03-03 17:48 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-03-03 19:55 ` DJ Delorie [this message]
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