High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 7, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-8804
CVE-2017-8804
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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References
7- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/05/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98339nvdBroken Link
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00026.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00039.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00049.htmlnvd
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/228nvd
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