Multiple Sun RPC-based libc implementations fails to provide time-out mechanism when reading data from TCP connections

Overview A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in multiple vendor Sun RPC-based libc implementations. Description Multiple vendor Sun RPC-based libc implementations fail to properly read data from TCP connections. As a result, a remote attacker can deny service to system daemons. --- Impact A...

FreeBSD-SA-02:34.rpc

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-02:34.rpc Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: Sun RPC XDR decoder contains buffer overflow Category: core Module: libc Announced: 2002-08-01 Credits: ISS X-Force...

ISS Security Brief: Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Sun RPC

Internet Security Systems Security Brief July 31, 2002 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Sun RPC Synopsis: Internet Security Systems ISS X-Force has discovered a buffer overflow in the xdrarray filter primitive. This function is a part of the Sun RPC library, and it is used in multiple RPC...