Unchecked Return Value Affecting libtirpc-devel package, versions <0:0.2.4-0.10.el7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.27% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBTIRPCDEVEL-4945638
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Mar 2016

Introduced: 3 Mar 2016

CVE-2018-14622  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-252  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libtirpc-devel to version 0:0.2.4-0.10.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2017:1991.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtirpc-devel package and not the libtirpc-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A null-pointer dereference vulnerability was found in libtirpc before version 0.3.3-rc3. The return value of makefd_xprt() was not checked in all instances, which could lead to a crash when the server exhausted the maximum number of available file descriptors. A remote attacker could cause an rpc-based application to crash by flooding it with new connections.

CVSS Scores

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