Security Advisory

CVE-2015-5277

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2015-12-17 19:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 06:41:09
Assigner redhat
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The get_contents function in nss_files/files-XXX.c in the Name Service Switch (NSS) in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.20 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) or gain privileges via a long line in the NSS files database.