Why does the 'rpc.statd' service crashes after an ISS scan ?

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Issue

  • Why does the 'rpc.statd' service crashes after an ISS scan ?

  • The standard ISS scan performed on all servers is causing rpc.statd to crash on Red Hat Enterprise Linux  servers regularly. The specific test causing the crash is for the vulnerability detailed here: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1996-09.html

Crash Logs from /var/log/messages :

rpc.statd[xxxx]: recv_rply: can't decode RPC message!rpc.statd[xxxx]: *** SIMULATING CRASH! ***
rpc.statd[xxxx]: unable to register (statd, 1, udp).

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4/5

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