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GLSA-201706-07 : Libtirpc and RPCBind: Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 100650

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201706-07 (Libtirpc and RPCBind: Denial of Service)

 It was found that due to the way RPCBind uses libtirpc (libntirpc), a memory leak can occur when parsing specially crafted XDR messages.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send thousands of messages to RPCBind, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

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'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-07

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100650

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201706-07.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Published: 6/7/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libtirpc, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:rpcbind, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8779

GLSA: 201706-07