An 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.
References
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http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fce98161d9815ea016855d9f00274276452c2c4b | |
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968175 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14621 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
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History
No history.
Information
Published : 2018-08-30 13:29
Updated : 2024-02-04 20:03
NVD link : CVE-2018-14621
Mitre link : CVE-2018-14621
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-14621
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Products Affected
libtirpc_project
- libtirpc
CWE
CWE-835
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')