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Ubuntu 15.04 LTS USN-2756-1 Moderate: Rpcbind Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey September 30, 2015
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Cautionary notice for Ubuntu regarding rpcbind weakness that may cause system failures and expose to remote code execution threats.
rpcbind could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

rpcbind could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially

crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- rpcbind: converts RPC program numbers into universal addresses

Details:

It was discovered that rpcbind incorrectly handled certain memory

structures. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause rpcbind to

crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary

code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution ubuntu rpcbind

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.04:
  rpcbind                         0.2.1-6ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  rpcbind                         0.2.1-2ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  rpcbind                         0.2.0-7ubuntu1.3

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2756-1

CVE-2015-7236

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September 30, 2015

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution ubuntu rpcbind

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rpcbind/0.2.1-6ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rpcbind/0.2.1-2ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rpcbind/0.2.0-7ubuntu1.3

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