Infinite Loop Vulnerability in libtirpc before version 1.0.2-rc2

CVE-2018-14621 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

An infinite loop vulnerability was found in libtirpc before version 1.0.2-rc2. With the port to using poll rather than select, exhaustion of file descriptors would cause the server to enter an infinite loop, consuming a large amount of CPU time and denying service to other clients until restarted.

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