Unchecked Return Value Affecting libtirpc package, versions [,0.3.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.86% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBTIRPC-2380647
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed30 Aug 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Aug 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade libtirpc to version 0.3.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unchecked Return Value. 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 Base Scores

version 3.1