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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2021-0348
CVE-2021-0348:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2021-0348 is a security vulnerability discovered in glibc (GNU C Library). The vulnerability was identified and reported by Le Wu of Baidu Security, with disclosure occurring in February 2021 (Red Hat Portal).
Technical details
The vulnerability affects the glibc packages which provide standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the name service cache daemon (nscd). Red Hat has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate (Red Hat Portal).
Impact
The vulnerability affects multiple systems and software that rely on the glibc library. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly. The impact is considered Moderate according to Red Hat's security classification (Red Hat Portal).
Mitigation and workarounds
Red Hat has released security updates to address this vulnerability. For the update to take effect, all services linked to the glibc library must be restarted, or the system rebooted. The fix is available through the glibc-2.17-322.el7_9 update package (Red Hat Portal).
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Source: This report was generated using AI
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