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CVE-2011-4609 (GCVE-0-2011-4609)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-05-02 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:09

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767299	x_refsource_CONFIRM

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FKIE_CVE-2011-4609

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-05-02 14:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:35

Severity

Summary

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.

References

	URL	Tags
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	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767299

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
gnu	glibc	*
gnu	glibc	2.0
gnu	glibc	2.0.1
gnu	glibc	2.0.2
gnu	glibc	2.0.3
gnu	glibc	2.0.4
gnu	glibc	2.0.5
gnu	glibc	2.0.6
gnu	glibc	2.1
gnu	glibc	2.1.1
gnu	glibc	2.1.1.6
gnu	glibc	2.1.2
gnu	glibc	2.1.3
gnu	glibc	2.1.9
gnu	glibc	2.13

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GHSA-CRF6-458W-XW5Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 05:10 – Updated: 2022-05-17 05:10

Details

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.

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GSD-2011-4609

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:19

Details

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.

Aliases

CVE-2011-4609

Aliases

CVE-2011-4609

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RHSA-2012:0058

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2012-01-24 21:05 - Updated: 2026-06-27 16:39

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security and bug fix update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2011-4609.

CVE-2011-4609

A denial of service flaw was found in the remote procedure call (RPC) implementation in glibc. A remote attacker able to open a large number of connections to an RPC service that is using the RPC implementation from glibc, could use this flaw to make that service use an excessive amount of CPU time.

3.3 ()


                
                  AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Fixed: 128 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0058

Open the full advisory

RHSA-2012:0125

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2012-02-13 20:30 - Updated: 2026-06-27 16:39

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security and bug fix update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

9 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2011-4609.

CVE-2011-4609

3.3 ()


                
                  AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Fixed: 149 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0125

Open the full advisory

RHSA-2012:0126

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2012-02-13 20:30 - Updated: 2026-06-27 16:39

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

5 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2011-4609.

CVE-2011-4609

3.3 ()


                
                  AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Fixed: 63 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0126

Open the full advisory

RHSA-2012_0058

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2012-01-24 21:05 - Updated: 2024-11-22 04:55

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security and bug fix update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2011-4609.

CVE-2011-4609

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.

3.3 ()


                
                  AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Fixed: 376 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0058

Open the full advisory

RHSA-2012_0125

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2012-02-13 20:30 - Updated: 2024-11-22 04:55

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security and bug fix update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

9 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2011-4609.

CVE-2011-4609

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.

3.3 ()


                
                  AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Fixed: 248 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0125

Open the full advisory

RHSA-2012_0126

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2012-02-13 20:30 - Updated: 2024-11-22 04:55

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

5 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2011-4609.

CVE-2011-4609

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.

3.3 ()


                
                  AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Fixed: 90 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0126

Open the full advisory

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