Description
Buffer overflow in the Network Block Device (nbd) server 2.7.5 and earlier, and 2.8.0 through 2.8.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large request, which is written past the end of the buffer because nbd does not account for memory taken by the reply header.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.5/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116314
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18135Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18171Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18209Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18315Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18503Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43353
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43610
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9201144&forum_id=40388
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=380202&group_id=13229Patch
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=380210&group_id=13229Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-924Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-14.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/21848Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16029Patch
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/237-1/
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116314
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18135Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18171Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18209Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18315Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18503Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43353
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43610
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9201144&forum_id=40388
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=380202&group_id=13229Patch
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=380210&group_id=13229Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-924Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-14.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/21848Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16029Patch
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/237-1/
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 22, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified