high7.5
CVE-2018-14622
A null-pointer dereference vulnerability was found in libtirpc before version 0.3.3-rc3.
Impact
A null-pointer dereference vulnerability was found in libtirpc before version 0.3.3-rc3. The return value of makefd_xprt() was not checked in all instances, which could lead to a crash when the server exhausted the maximum number of available file descriptors. A remote attacker could cause an rpc-based application to crash by flooding it with new connections.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Libtirpc Project | Libtirpc | before 0.3.3 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | Version 7.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | Versions 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Version 7.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1c77f7a869bdea2a34799d774460d1f9983d45f0
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:1991
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968175
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14622
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00034.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-2/
- http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1c77f7a869bdea2a34799d774460d1f9983d45f0
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:1991
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968175
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14622
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00034.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-2/