CVE-2017-8779
HIGH7.5EPSS 81.4%libtirpc - security update
Published: 5/4/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
rpcbind through 0.2.4, LIBTIRPC through 1.0.1 and 1.0.2-rc through 1.0.2-rc3, and NTIRPC through 1.4.3 do not consider the maximum RPC data size during memory allocation for XDR strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption with no subsequent free) via a crafted UDP packet to port 111, aka rpcbomb.
Affected packages (8)
- Alpine/rpcbindfrom 0, < 0.2.4-r0
- Debian/libtirpcfrom 0, < 0.2.2-5+deb7u1
- Debian/libtirpcfrom 0, < 0.2.5-1.2
- Debian/libtirpcfrom 0, < 0.2.5-1+deb8u1
- Debian/ntirpcfrom 0, < 1.4.4-1
- Debian/rpcbindfrom 0, < 0.2.3-0.6
- Debian/rpcbindfrom 0, < 0.2.0-8+deb7u2
- Debian/rpcbindfrom 0, < 0.2.1-6+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |