vulnerability

Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2021-46828: Important priority package update for libtirpc

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 20, 2022
Added
Mar 10, 2025
Modified
Jul 8, 2025

Description

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.
A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was found in libtirpc. This flaw allows a remote attacker to exhaust the file descriptors of a process that uses libtirpc due to mishandling idle TCP connections. This issue leads to a svc_run infinite loop without accepting new connections.

Solutions

amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libtirpcamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libtirpc-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libtirpc-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libtirpc-devel
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