Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting libtirpc package, versions <0:0.2.4-0.8.14.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
82.25% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-LIBTIRPC-1707269
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed4 May 2017

Introduced: 4 May 2017

CVE-2017-8779  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 libtirpc to version 0:0.2.4-0.8.14.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-840.

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.

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.