CVE-2015-5277: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The getcontents function in nssfiles/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...

CVE-2014-8121: Undefined Security Weakness

DBLOOKUP in nssfiles/files-XXX.c in the Name Service Switch NSS in GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 2.21 and earlier does not properly check if a file is open, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop by performing a look-up on a database while iterating over it,...