CVE-2017-8779

Summary

CVECVE-2017-8779
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-04 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
Descriptionrpcbind through 0.2.4, LIBTIRPC through 1.0.1 and 1.0.2-rc through 1.0.2-rc3, and NTIRPC through 1.4.3 do not consider the maximum RPC data size during memory allocation for XDR strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption with no subsequent free) via a crafted UDP packet to port 111, aka rpcbomb.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-770

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtirpc Project Libtirpc All All All All
Application Ntirpc Project Ntirpc All All All All
Application Rpcbind Project Rpcbind All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Libtirpc and RPCBind: Denial of Service (GLSA 201706-07) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
RPCBind / libtirpc - Denial of Service EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
GitHub - guidovranken/rpcbomb: RPCBOMB + patches MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE-2017-8779 rpcbind Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
USN-3759-1: libtirpc vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
USN-3759-2: libtirpc vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: rpcbomb: remote rpcbind denial-of-service MISC openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
GitHub - drbothen/GO-RPCBOMB: CVE-2017-8779 aka RPCBomb MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3845-1 libtirpc DEBIAN www.debian.org
Rpcbind Memory Leak in rpcb_service_4() Lets Remote Users Consume Excessive Memory Resources - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
oss-security - rpcbomb: remote rpcbind denial-of-service MISC openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
rpcbomb: remote rpcbind denial-of-service + patches – Guido Vranken MISC guidovranken.wordpress.com Third Party Advisory
Rpcbind CVE-2017-8779 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198404 Ubuntu Security Notification for rpcbind vulnerability (USN-4986-1)
  • 378153 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for libtirpc (VZLSA-2017:1263)
  • 378202 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for rpcbind (VZLSA-2017:1267)
  • 378235 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for rpcbind (VZLSA-2017:1262)
  • 378283 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for libtirpc (VZLSA-2017:1268)
  • 500604 Alpine Linux Security Update for rpcbind
  • 504361 Alpine Linux Security Update for rpcbind
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