CVE-2023-5215

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
ProductRedhat Libnbd
PublishedSep 28, 2023
First seenSep 28, 2023
Weakness typeCWE-241CWE-241

How to fix

Update
  • redhat libnbd1.18.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
redhat libnbdv < 1.18.01.18.0
redhat enterprise_linux8.0, 9.0—

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