CVE-2021-46828CWE-755CWE-835

CVE-2021-46828

High · published July 20, 2022

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
3%
Percentile
88.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In libtirpc before 1.3.3rc1, remote attackers could exhaust the file descriptors of a process that uses libtirpc because idle TCP connections are mishandled. This can, in turn, lead to an svc_run infinite loop without accepting new connections.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03204 · 88.1th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-755 · Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions; CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Published
2022-07-20T10:15Z
Affected products (3)
ProductVersionsFixed in
libtirpc_project/libtirpc< 1.3.31.3.3
debian/debian_linuxall versions—
debian/debian_linuxall versions—
References (13)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 JUL 00:00Z
    In libtirpc before 1.3.3rc1, remote attackers could exhaust the file descriptors of a process that uses libtirpc because idle TCP connections are mishandled
    cvelistv5