ALSA-2024:2204

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    ALSA-2024:2204

    Published: 30 Apr 2024Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Moderate: libnbd security update

    Details: Network Block Device (NBD) is a protocol for accessing Block Devices (hard disks and disk-like devices) over a Network. The libnbd is a userspace client library for writing NBD clients. Security Fix(es): * libnbd: Malicious NBD server may crash libnbd (CVE-2023-5871) * libnbd: Crash or misbehaviour when NBD server returns an unexpected block size (CVE-2023-5215) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2204, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5215, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5871, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2241041, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2247308, https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2204.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libnbd

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/libnbd

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.18.1-3.el9

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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