CVE-2026-5358
Description
This CVE is under investigation by Red Hat Product Security.
Statement
This CVE has been marked as Rejected by the assigning CNA.
Mitigation
To mitigate this issue, ensure that Network Information Service (NIS) is not in use on affected systems. NIS is an obsolete service and its use is deprecated in modern Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments. If NIS is not required, disable any services or applications that rely on `nis_local_principal`.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Integrity,Confidentiality,Availability
Technical Impact: Modify Memory; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
Buffer overflows often can be used to execute arbitrary code, which is usually outside the scope of the product's implicit security policy. This can often be used to subvert any other security service.
Availability
Technical Impact: Modify Memory; DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart; DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)
Buffer overflows generally lead to crashes. Other attacks leading to lack of availability are possible, including putting the product into an infinite loop.
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