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%
New rpcbind packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to
fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
patches/packages/rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
Patched a bug which can cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion.
Thanks to Robby Workman.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-8779
(* Security fix *)
Where to find the new packages:
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the โGet Slackโ section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/rpcbind-0.2.4-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/rpcbind-0.2.4-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
Slackware 14.2 package:
97493f015343ca71530229f84d2c2883 rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
b716552c539e1645c953ac262aecefe1 rpcbind-0.2.4-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
e4abfe31a8843f8075792890d8d6c509 n/rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
9cf44524e55f2aa365455821f3756c48 n/rpcbind-0.2.4-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
If rpcbind is running, restart it:
> /etc/rc.d/rc.rpc restart
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slackware | 14.2 | i586 | rpcbind | <ย 0.2.4 | rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz |
Slackware | 14.2 | x86_64 | rpcbind | <ย 0.2.4 | rpcbind-0.2.4-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz |
Slackware | current | i586 | rpcbind | <ย 0.2.4 | rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1.txz |
Slackware | current | x86_64 | rpcbind | <ย 0.2.4 | rpcbind-0.2.4-x86_64-1.txz |
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%