Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting libtirpc package, versions <0.2.2-5ubuntu2.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
81.23% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBTIRPC-301230
  • published4 May 2017
  • 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 Ubuntu:14.04 libtirpc to version 0.2.2-5ubuntu2.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtirpc package and not the libtirpc package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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.