CVE-2011-4609 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU consumption by opening numerous RPC connections to applications using glibc.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-4609?
CVE-2011-4609 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, published on 2 May 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4609?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Glibc.
How do I fix CVE-2011-4609?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2011-4609 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4609 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gnu Glibc
Sources
Also known as GHSA-crf6-458w-xw5q.