SB2017101080 - Input validation error in Glibc
Published: October 10, 2017 Updated: June 3, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017101080
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2002-1265)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The Sun RPC functionality in multiple libc implementations does not provide a time-out mechanism when reading data from TCP connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021103-01-P
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/51082
- http://www.info.apple.com/usen/security/security_updates.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10539.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/266817
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6103
- http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/mss/MSS-OAR-E01-2004.0800.1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2248