CVE-2018-14621 (GCVE-0-2018-14621)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-30 13:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 09:29
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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[UNKNOWN] libtirpc Affected: 1.0.2-rc2
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