CVE-2015-5277

Publication date

2015-12-17 19:00:00

Family

redhat

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.