GNU bug report logs - #26781
rpcbind, libtirpc CVE-2017-8779

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 01:33:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 26781-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 26781-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26781: rpcbind, libtirpc CVE-2017-8779
Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 15:35:56 -0400

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On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 09:56:44AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> skribis:
> 
> > These patches update libtirpc and rpcbind to the latest release and fix
> > CVE-2017-8779 ("rpcbomb").
> >
> > https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8779
> > https://guidovranken.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/rpcbomb-remote-rpcbind-denial-of-service-patches/
> 
> Excellent.  The 3 patches LGTM.
> 
> Thank you Leo!

Thanks for the reviews! Pushed!

I sent a followup patch to update nfs-utils. Somebody who uses NFS
should review it.

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