USN-4986-1

It was discovered that rpcbind incorrectly handled certain large data sizes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause rpcbind to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / rpcbind

Package

Name: rpcbind
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/rpcbind@0.2.3-0.6ubuntu0.18.04.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.2.3-0.6ubuntu0.18.04.2

Affected versions

0.*

0.2.3-0.6

0.2.3-0.6ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.2.3-0.6ubuntu0.18.04.2",
            "binary_name": "rpcbind"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2017-8779",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4986-1.json"