Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-8804

high Nessus Plugin ID 221465

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- The xdr_bytes and xdr_string functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.25 mishandle failures of buffer deserialization, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (virtual memory allocation, or memory consumption if an overcommit setting is not used) via a crafted UDP packet to port 111, a related issue to CVE-2017-8779. NOTE: [Information provided from upstream and references (CVE-2017-8804)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 221465

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2017_8804.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2017-8804

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

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-glibc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-glibc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nscd, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc-headers, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glibc-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nscd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8804

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