CVE-2017-8804

glibc: memory leak in sunrpc when decoding malformed XDR

Published May 7, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 7.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
The xdr_bytes and xdr_string functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.25 mishandle failures of buffer deserialization, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (virtual memory allocation, or memory consumption if an overcommit setting is not used) via a crafted UDP packet to port 111, a related issue to CVE-2017-8779. NOTE: [Information provided from upstream and references

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 4:48 PM
Reserved
May 7, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 7, 2017, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:26 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 8, 2017, 12:00 AM