Name: CVE-2018-14621: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-14621, CWE-835, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.0048

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 5.3
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Oracle_linux	—	Upgrade libtirpc-develUpgrade libtirpc	Sep 15, 2021	Mar 3, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade libtirpc1Upgrade libtirpc-devel	Oct 17, 2018	Aug 30, 2018
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Jan 20, 2025	Aug 30, 2018

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CVSS Details

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