A stack-based buffer overflow was found in rpcbind's rpcinfo utility. When querying a remote rpcbind service with `rpcinfo -l`, address information returned by the server is copied into a fixed-size buffer without sufficient bounds checking. A malicious or compromised rpcbind server could use this flaw to crash the rpcinfo client, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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To mitigate this issue, avoid using the `rpcinfo -l` command against untrusted, attacker-controlled, or compromised `rpcbind` hosts. Restrict the use of the `rpcinfo` utility to trusted internal endpoints or secure test environments only.
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| Description | A stack-based buffer overflow was found in rpcbind's rpcinfo utility. When querying a remote rpcbind service with `rpcinfo -l`, address information returned by the server is copied into a fixed-size buffer without sufficient bounds checking. A malicious or compromised rpcbind server could use this flaw to crash the rpcinfo client, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. | |
| Title | Rpcbind: rpcbind: stack buffer overflow in rpcinfo rpcbaddrlist() | |
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Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat openshift |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-121 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-20T14:09:38.333Z
Reserved: 2026-07-20T10:05:24.721Z
Link: CVE-2026-16277
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