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
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:22.588Z
Reserved: 2017-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-8804
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-05-07T18:29:00.157
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-8804
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