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CVE-2021-46828

Date: July 19, 2022

In libtirpc before 1.3.3rc1, remote attackers could exhaust the file descriptors of a process that uses libtirpc because idle TCP connections are mishandled. This can, in turn, lead to an svc_run infinite loop without accepting new connections.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46828

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5200

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00004.html

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221007-0004/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-46828

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-33

Url: http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=86529758570cef4c73fb9b9c4104fdc510f701ed

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46828

Url: http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git;a=commit;h=86529758570cef4c73fb9b9c4104fdc510f701ed

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-46828

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-46828

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CWE-770

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

CWE-755

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

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CVE-2021-46828

Date: July 19, 2022

Language: C

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CVSS v3.1

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