CVE - CVE-2018-14621

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-14621	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
An 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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git;a=commit;h=fce98161d9815ea016855d9f00274276452c2c4b CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968175 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14621
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Entry Created
20180727	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20180727)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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