#1142716 rpcbind: CVE-2026-16461

Package:
src:rpcbind
Source:
src:rpcbind
Submitter:
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date:
2026-07-24 13:37:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1142716#5
Date:
2026-07-24 13:35:57 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for rpcbind.

CVE-2026-16461[0]:
| A stack-based buffer overflow was found in rpcbind's rpcinfo
| utility. In rpcbdump() short mode (used by `rpcinfo -s`), version
| numbers from a remote RPCBPROC_DUMP reply are written into a fixed-
| size stack buffer without bounds checking. A user or administrator
| who runs `rpcinfo -s` against a malicious or compromised rpcbind
| endpoint could experience a crash or denial of service of the
| rpcinfo client.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-16461
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16461
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502719

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore