CVE-2018-14621
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An infinite loop vulnerability was found in libtirpc before version 1.0.2-rc2. With the port to using poll rather than select, exhaustion of file descriptors would cause the server to enter an infinite loop, consuming a large amount of CPU time and denying service to other clients until restarted.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.3–7.8
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affected products (3)
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references (11)
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- http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git;a=commit;h=fce98161d9815ea016855d9f00274276452c2c4bcnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10874448cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968175cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14621cnnvd
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/libtirpc/Patchcnnvd
- http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fce98161d9815ea016855d9f00274276452c2c4benisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968175enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14621enisa_euvd
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