CVE-2023-5215
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in libnbd. A server can reply with a block size larger than 2^63 (the NBD spec states the size is a 64-bit unsigned value). This issue could lead to an application crash or other unintended behavior for NBD clients that doesn't treat the return value of the nbd_get_size() function correctly.
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affected products (21)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-0995Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-04-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren oder seine Privilegien zu erweitern.
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references (14)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5215cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241041cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-5215/cnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/nbdkit/libnbdPatchcnnvd
- https://listman.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2023-September/032635.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.6267cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2204enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5215enisa_euvd
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