** DISPUTED ** 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