| Name | CVE-2018-14621 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libtirpc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.2.5-1+deb8u3 | fixed |
| stretch | 0.2.5-1.2+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.1.4-0.4+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.3.1-1+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1.3.3+ds-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.3.4+ds-1.3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libtirpc | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- libtirpc <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not in a released version)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1620290
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968175
Introduced by: http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git;a=commit;h=b2c9430f46c4ac848957fb8adaac176a3f6ac03f (0.3.3-rc3)
Fixed by: http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git;a=commit;h=fce98161d9815ea016855d9f00274276452c2c4b