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Medium USN-3759-1 3 CVEs

libtirpc vulnerabilities

Published Sep 5, 2018 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

Aldy Hernandez discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2016-4429)

It was discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-14622)

It was discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain strings.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-8779)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS libtirpc 0.2.2-5ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS libtirpc 0.2.5-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS libtirpc 0.2.5-1.2ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4429
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8779
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14622