CVE-2021-46828
libtirpc: DoS vulnerability with lots of connections
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · July 20, 2022
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was found in libtirpc. This flaw allows a remote attacker to exhaust the file descriptors of a process that uses libtirpc due to mishandling idle TCP connections. This issue leads to a svc_run infinite loop without accepting new connections.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption