Google: net-libs/libtirpc: security update to 17162.40.5

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 452114

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- In libtirpc before 1.3.3rc1, remote attackers could exhaust the file descriptors of a process that uses
libtirpc because idle TCP connections are mishandled. This can, in turn, lead to an svc_run infinite loop
without accepting new connections. (CVE-2021-46828)

Solution

Update the net-libs/libtirpc library and its related packages to version 17162.40.5 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-101.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 452114

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-46828

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46828