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Security
A vulnerability has been found in Libtirpc and RPCBind which may allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition.
| Package | net-nds/rpcbind on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 0.2.4-r1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 0.2.4-r1 |
| Package | net-libs/libtirpc on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.0.1-r1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.0.1-r1 |
The RPCBind utility is a server that converts RPC program numbers into universal addresses.
Libtirpc is a port of Suns Transport-Independent RPC library to Linux.
It was found that due to the way RPCBind uses libtirpc (libntirpc), a memory leak can occur when parsing specially crafted XDR messages.
A remote attacker could send thousands of messages to RPCBind, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All RPCBind users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-nds/rpcbind-0.2.4-r1"
All Libtirpc users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/libtirpc-1.0.1-r1"
Release date
June 06, 2017
Latest revision
June 06, 2017: 2
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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