Synopsis: Important: libtirpc security update Advisory ID: SLSA-2017:1263-1 Issue Date: 2017-05-21 CVE Numbers: CVE-2017-8779 -- Security Fix(es): * It was found that due to the way rpcbind uses libtirpc (libntirpc), a memory leak can occur when parsing specially crafted XDR messages. An attacker sending thousands of messages to rpcbind could cause its memory usage to grow without bound, eventually causing it to be terminated by the OOM killer. (CVE-2017-8779) -- SL7 x86_64 libtirpc-0.2.4-0.8.el7_3.i686.rpm libtirpc-0.2.4-0.8.el7_3.x86_64.rpm libtirpc-debuginfo-0.2.4-0.8.el7_3.i686.rpm libtirpc-debuginfo-0.2.4-0.8.el7_3.x86_64.rpm libtirpc-devel-0.2.4-0.8.el7_3.i686.rpm libtirpc-devel-0.2.4-0.8.el7_3.x86_64.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team