CVE - CVE-2017-8804

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-8804	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
DISPUTED 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]
References
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BID:98339 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98339 CONFIRM:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/05/2 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1037559#c7 CONFIRM:https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21461 CONFIRM:https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00105.html MISC:https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/228 MISC:https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00128.html MISC:https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00129.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2018:0451 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00026.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2018:0565 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00049.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2018:0494 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00039.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20170507	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170507)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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