Resource Management Errors Affecting libtirpc package, versions <0:0.2.1-6.8.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
7.55% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-LIBTIRPC-1668553
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed9 Jul 2013

Introduced: 9 Jul 2013

CVE-2013-1950  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 libtirpc to version 0:0.2.1-6.8.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2013-199.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtirpc package and not the libtirpc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The svc_dg_getargs function in libtirpc 0.2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (rpcbind crash) via a Sun RPC request with crafted arguments that trigger a free of an invalid pointer.

CVSS Scores

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