CVE-2017-8804

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    CVE-2017-8804

    Published: 7 May 2017Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00026.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00039.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00049.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98339, https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/228, https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00128.html, https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00129.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/05/2, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1037559#c7, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21461, https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00105.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- db0242e3023436757bbc7c488a779e6e3343db04
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.25

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High