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Mageia 8 MGASA-2022-0288 Severe: libtirpc Denial Of Service

mageia
Calendar Grey August 20, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Recent updates to the libitrpc libraries have resolved a denial of service vulnerability caused by improper processing of user input. For further information, please see the full advisory.
It was discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain inputs

Summary

It was discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service (CVE-2021-46828).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30682

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5538-1

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46828

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update security patch input handling libtirpc Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/libtirpc-1.3.3-1.mga8

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Publication date: 20 Aug 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0288.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-46828

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update security patch input handling libtirpc Mageia

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