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Debian 7: DLA-936-1 Critical: libtirpc Memory Exhaustion DoS

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Calendar Grey May 10, 2017
Scroller Debian Lts
Improve libtirpc to address improper memory management issues that could lead to possible denial of service vulnerabilities in Debian 7.
Guido Vranken discovered that incorrect memory management in libtirpc, a transport-independent RPC library used by rpcbind and other programs may result in denial of service via me...
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security advisory denial of service software update debian critical severity memory exhaustion libtirpc

Summary

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
0.2.2-5+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libtirpc packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: libtirpc
Version: 0.2.2-5+deb7u1
CVE ID: CVE-2017-8779
Debian Bug: 861834

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security advisory denial of service software update debian critical severity memory exhaustion libtirpc

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