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CVE-2023-5871

Libnbd: malicious nbd server may crash libnbd

CVSS 5.3 MEDIUMEPSS 0.9%CWE-617
A flaw was found in libnbd, due to a malicious Network Block Device (NBD), a protocol for accessing Block Devices such as hard disks over a Network. This issue may allow a malicious NBD server to cause a Denial of Service.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2204https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5871https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247308https://lists.libguestfs.org/archives/list/guestfs@lists.libguestfs.org/thread/PFVUCMPFQUDC23JXSCUUPXIGDZ7XCFMD/