CVE-2021-27645
The nameserver caching daemon (nscd) in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.29 through 2.33, 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…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The nameserver caching daemon (nscd) in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.29 through 2.33, 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. This is related to netgroupcache.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 2.5 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- gnu/glibc · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7LZNT6KTMCCWPWXEOGSHD3YLYZKUGMH5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7TS26LIZSOBLGJEZMJX4PXT5BQDE2WS/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-07Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27462Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7LZNT6KTMCCWPWXEOGSHD3YLYZKUGMH5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7TS26LIZSOBLGJEZMJX4PXT5BQDE2WS/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-07Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27462Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.