Vulnerability CVE-2014-9402
Published: 2015-02-24

Description:
The nss_dns implementation of getnetbyname in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.21, when the DNS backend in the Name Service Switch configuration is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by sending a positive answer while a network name is being process.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
WAGO 852 Industrial Managed Switch Series Code Execution / Hardcoded Credentials
T. Weber
14.06.2019

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.8/10
6.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Opensuse -> Opensuse 
Novell -> Opensuse 
GNU -> Glibc 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00089.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/18/1
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71670
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2519-1
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17630
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