Debian DSA-3845-1: libtirpc security update. Incorrect memory management may result in denial of service via memory exhaustio
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 184 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Exploit DB | RPCBind / libtirpc - Denial of Service | 8 May 201700:00 | – | exploitdb |
OSV | rpcbind vulnerability | 9 Jun 202111:10 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: Red Hat Ceph Storage 2.3 bug fix and enhancement update | 13 Sep 202416:47 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: libtirpc security update | 13 Sep 202416:47 | – | osv |
OSV | rpcbind vulnerability | 9 Jun 202118:37 | – | osv |
OSV | libtirpc - security update | 8 May 201700:00 | – | osv |
OSV | rpcbind - security update | 10 May 201700:00 | – | osv |
OSV | libtirpc - security update | 10 May 201700:00 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: rpcbind security update | 13 Sep 202416:48 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: rpcbind security update | 13 Sep 202416:47 | – | osv |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3845. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(100029);
script_version("3.9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8779");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3845");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3845-1 : libtirpc - security update");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Guido Vranken discovered that incorrect memory management in libtirpc,
a transport-independent RPC library used by rpcbind and other programs
may result in denial of service via memory exhaustion (depending on
memory management settings)."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libtirpc"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3845"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the libtirpc packages.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.2.5-1+deb8u1 of libtirpc and version 0.2.1-6+deb8u2 of
rpcbind.
For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been
fixed in version 0.2.5-1.2 and version 0.2.3-0.6 of rpcbind."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtirpc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/05/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/05/09");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libtirpc-dev", reference:"0.2.5-1+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libtirpc1", reference:"0.2.5-1+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
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