CVE-2018-14622

Publication date 30 August 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libtirpc 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.2.5-1.2ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.2.5-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.2.2-5ubuntu2.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libtirpc

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H