CVE-2017-8804
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 7.67 % · percentile 95 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
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
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1037559#c7
- https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00105.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98339
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21461
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/05/2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00026.html
- https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00128.html
- https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00129.html
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/228
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2017-17747
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2017-8804
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-650 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |