Resource management error in Glibc - CVE-2011-4609
Published: May 2, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42857
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4609
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Glibc
Glibc
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The svc_run function in the RPC implementation in glibc before 2.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of RPC connections.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-4609
Install update from vendor's website.