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mageiaGentoo FoundationMGASA-2017-0183
HistoryJun 27, 2017 - 12:37 a.m.

Updated rpcbind/libtirpc packages fix security vulnerability

2017-06-2700:37:03
Gentoo Foundation
advisories.mageia.org
8

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.8 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.551 Medium

EPSS

Percentile

97.6%

It was discovered that rpcbind and libtirpc contain a vulnerability that allows an attacker to allocate any amount of bytes (up to 4 gigabytes per attack) on a remote rpcbind host, and the memory is never freed unless the process crashes or the administrator halts or restarts the rpcbind service. This can slow down the systemโ€™s operations significantly or prevent other services from spawning processes entirely (CVE-2017-8779).

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Mageia5noarchrpcbind<ย 0.2.2-1.2rpcbind-0.2.2-1.2.mga5
Mageia5noarchlibtirpc<ย 0.2.5-3.2libtirpc-0.2.5-3.2.mga5

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.8 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.551 Medium

EPSS

Percentile

97.6%