USN-3759-1

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    USN-3759-1

    Published: 5 Sept 2018Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: libtirpc vulnerabilities

    Details: Aldy Hernandez discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4429) It was discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14622) It was discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-8779)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3759-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4429, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8779, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14622

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libtirpc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.2.2-5ubuntu2.1

    Affected versions

    0.2.2-5ubuntu1
    0.2.2-5ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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