CVE-2017-8779 log
| Source |
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| Severity | Medium |
| Remote | Yes |
| Type | Denial of service |
| Description | It was found that libtirpc and libntirpc fails to free a buffer allocated for parsing XDR blocks when parsing fails due to insufficient input data being available. A specially crafted message sent to a service such as rpcbind results in a memory leak, causing the application to crash or other processes to be impacted via the OOM killer. |
| Group | Package | Affected | Fixed | Severity | Status | Ticket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVG-263 | lib32-libtirpc | 1.0.1-1 | 1.0.1-2 | Medium | Fixed | FS#53928 |
| AVG-262 | libtirpc | 1.0.1-2 | 1.0.1-3 | Medium | Fixed | FS#53928 |
| AVG-261 | rpcbind | 0.2.4-2 | 0.2.4-3 | Medium | Fixed | FS#53927 |
| Date | Advisory | Group | Package | Severity | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 May 2017 | ASA-201705-6 | AVG-263 | lib32-libtirpc | Medium | denial of service |
| 07 May 2017 | ASA-201705-5 | AVG-262 | libtirpc | Medium | denial of service |
| 07 May 2017 | ASA-201705-4 | AVG-261 | rpcbind | Medium | denial of service |
| References |
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https://guidovranken.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/rpcbomb-remote-rpcbind-denial-of-service-patches/ |