Improper resource allocation - Buffer overflow In glibc

Description

nscd in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before version 2.20 does not correctly compute the size of an internal buffer when processing netgroup requests, possibly leading to an nscd daemon crash or code execution as the user running nscd.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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