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GLSA-201611-17 : RPCBind: Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 95268

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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-201611-17 (RPCBind: Denial of Service)

 A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in RPCBind’s svc_dodestroy function when trying to free a corrupted xprt->xp_netid pointer.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly cause 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-0.2.3-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-17

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95268

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201611-17.nasl

Version: 3.2

Type: local

Published: 11/23/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7236

GLSA: 201611-17