Debian 7: DLA-936-1 Critical: libtirpc Memory Exhaustion DoS
debian lts
May 10, 2017
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...
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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