CVE-2019-14850
lowpriority · track · 16EPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in nbdkit 1.12.7, 1.14.1 and 1.15.1. An attacker could connect to the nbdkit service and cause it to perform a large amount of work in initializing backend plugins, by simply opening a connection to the service. This vulnerability could cause resource consumption and degradation of service in nbdkit, depending on the plugins configured on the server-side.
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affected products (19)
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- Avaya Aura Application Enablement Servicesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:aura_application_enablement_services:-
advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-2548Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-03-31csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen, einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren oder Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1167Patchcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1757258cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157017/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2020-1167-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/nbdkit-denial-of-service-via-Premature-Back-end-Opening-31917cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1184/cnnvd
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2019-September/msg00084.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1757258enisa_euvd
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2019-September/msg00084.htmlenisa_euvd
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