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RPC DoS targeting *nix rpcbind/libtirpc

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in certain versions of
rpcbind, LIBTIRPC, and NTIRPC, allowing an attacker to trigger
large (and never freed) memory allocations for XDR strings on
the target.

Authors

guidovranken
Pearce Barry [email protected]

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/dos/rpc/rpcbomb
    msf auxiliary(rpcbomb) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(rpcbomb) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(rpcbomb) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(rpcbomb) > run
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