CVE-2017-8779
Public on 2017-05-04
Modified on 2017-06-06
Description
It was found that due to the way rpcbind uses libtirpc (libntirpc), a memory leak can occur when parsing specially crafted XDR messages. An attacker sending thousands of messages to rpcbind could cause its memory usage to grow without bound, eventually causing it to be terminated by the OOM killer.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 1 | libtirpc | 2017-06-06 | ALAS-2017-840 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 1 | rpcbind | 2017-06-06 | ALAS-2017-841 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |