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

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