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Red Hat 6 RHSA-2017-1267-01 Important: Rpcbind Memory Leak

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An update for rpcbind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: rpcbind security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2017:1267-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1267
Issue date:        2017-05-23
CVE Names:         CVE-2017-8779 
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1. Summary:

An update for rpcbind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

The rpcbind utility is a server that converts Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
program numbers into universal addresses. It must be running on the host to
be able to make RPC calls on a server on that machine.

Security Fix(es):

* It was found that due to the way rpcbind uses libtirpc (libntirpc), a
memory leak can occur when parsing specially crafted XDR messages. An
attacker sending thousands of messages to rpcbind could cause its memory
usage to grow without bound, eventually causing it to be terminated by the
OOM killer. (CVE-2017-8779)

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1448124 - CVE-2017-8779 rpcbind, libtirpc, libntirpc: Memory leak when failing to parse XDR strings or bytearrays

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

Source:
rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.src.rpm

i386:
rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.i686.rpm
rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.i686.rpm

x86_64:
rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):

Source:
rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.src.rpm

x86_64:
rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

Source:
rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.src.rpm

i386:
rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.i686.rpm
rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.i686.rpm

ppc64:
rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.ppc64.rpm
rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.s390x.rpm
rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:
rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.src.rpm

i386:
rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.i686.rpm
rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.i686.rpm

x86_64:
rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8779
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat 6 RHSA-2017-1267-01 Important: Rpcbind Memory Leak

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Calendar Grey May 23, 2017
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A significant security patch for rpcbind in Red Hat 6 tackles a severe memory leak that poses risks to system integrity.
An update for rpcbind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The rpcbind utility is a server that converts Remote Procedure Call (RPC) program numbers into universal addresses. It must be running on the host to be able to make RPC calls on a server on that machine.
Security Fix(es):
* It was found that due to the way rpcbind uses libtirpc (libntirpc), a memory leak can occur when parsing specially crafted XDR messages. An attacker sending thousands of messages to rpcbind could cause its memory usage to grow without bound, eventually causing it to be terminated by the OOM killer. (CVE-2017-8779)

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8779 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.src.rpm
i386: rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.i686.rpm rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source: rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.src.rpm
x86_64: rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.src.rpm
i386: rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.i686.rpm rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.i686.rpm
ppc64: rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.ppc64.rpm rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.ppc64.rpm
s390x: rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.s390x.rpm rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source: rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.src.rpm
i386: rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.i686.rpm rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


Severity
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Lowest
Low
Medium
High
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:1267-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2017-05-23

Topic

An update for rpcbind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1448124 - CVE-2017-8779 rpcbind, libtirpc, libntirpc: Memory leak when failing to parse XDR strings or bytearrays

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