CVE-2018-14621

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-14621
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-30 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:52:00 UTC
DescriptionAn infinite loop vulnerability was found in libtirpc before version 1.0.2-rc2. With the port to using poll rather than select, exhaustion of file descriptors would cause the server to enter an infinite loop, consuming a large amount of CPU time and denying service to other clients until restarted.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtirpc Project Libtirpc 1.0.2 rc1 All All
Application Libtirpc Project Libtirpc 1.0.2 rc1 All All
Application Libtirpc Project Libtirpc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.linux-nfs.org Git - steved/libtirpc.git/commit CONFIRM git.linux-nfs.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Access Denied CONFIRM bugzilla.novell.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
git.linux-nfs.org Git - steved/libtirpc.git/commit git.linux-nfs.org
1620290 – (CVE-2018-14621) CVE-2018-14621 libtirpc: Infinite loop in EMFILE case in svc_vc.c CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159392 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for libtirpc (ELSA-2021-9449)
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