CVE-2018-14621

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-03-03
CWE:
CWE-835
Bugzilla:
1620290: CVE-2018-14621 libtirpc: Infinite loop in EMFILE case in svc_vc.c
An infinite loop vulnerability was found in libtirpc. 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.

Find out more about CVE-2018-14621 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Virtualization 4 libtirpc Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 libtirpc Not affected
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3 libntirpc Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libtirpc Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtirpc Not affected
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 libntirpc Not affected
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 libntirpc Not affected

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