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CVE-2017-8804 Detail

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Current Description

The xdr_bytes and xdr_string functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.25 mishandle failures of buffer deserialization, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (virtual memory allocation, or memory consumption if an overcommit setting is not used) via a crafted UDP packet to port 111, a related issue to CVE-2017-8779. NOTE: [Information provided from upstream and references


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00026.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00026.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00039.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00039.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00049.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00049.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/05/2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/05/2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98339 Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98339 Broken Link 
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1037559#c7 Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1037559#c7 Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/228
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/228
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21461 Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21461 Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00128.html
https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00128.html
https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00129.html
https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00129.html
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00105.html Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00105.html Issue Tracking  Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-8804
NVD Published Date:
05/07/2017
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE