CVE-2018-14621

NameCVE-2018-14621
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.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libtirpc (PTS)buster1.1.4-0.4fixed
buster (security)1.1.4-0.4+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.3.1-1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.3.3+ds-1fixed
trixie1.3.4+ds-1fixed
sid1.3.4+ds-1.2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libtirpcsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- libtirpc <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not in a released version)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1620290
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968175
Introduced by: http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git;a=commit;h=b2c9430f46c4ac848957fb8adaac176a3f6ac03f (0.3.3-rc3)
Fixed by: http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git;a=commit;h=fce98161d9815ea016855d9f00274276452c2c4b

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