CVE-2017-8804

HIGH

glibc 2.25 - Denial of Service via xdr_bytes and xdr_string Deserialization Failure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (11)

Core 11
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1037559#c7
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00105.html
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98339
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21461
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/05/2
Mailing List x_refsource_misc
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/228

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0605
EPSS Percentile 90.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-502
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/glibc 2.25
Published May 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026