Description
An infinite loop vulnerability was found in libtirpc before version 1.0.2-rc2. 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.
Published: 2018-08-30
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-6528 An infinite loop vulnerability was found in libtirpc before version 1.0.2-rc2. 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.
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Libtirpc Project Libtirpc
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:29:51.860Z

Reserved: 2018-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-14621

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-30T13:29:00.487

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:49:26.467

Link: CVE-2018-14621

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-14621 - Bugzilla

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