SciLinux SL6: SLSA-2017-1267-1 Important rpcbind Memory Leak

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) SL6 x86_64 rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0- [More...]

Synopsis:          Important: rpcbind security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2017:1267-1
Issue Date:        2017-05-23
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2017-8779
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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)
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SL6
  x86_64
    rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
    rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    rpcbind-0.2.0-13.el6_9.i686.rpm
    rpcbind-debuginfo-0.2.0-13.el6_9.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team