Debian Security Advisory
DLA-2944-1 nbd -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 10 Mar 2022
- Affected Packages:
- nbd
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-26495.
- More information:
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An integer overflow (with a resultant heap-based buffer overflow) was discovered in the nbd Network Block Device server. A value of 0xffffffff in the name length field could have caused a zero-sized buffer to be allocated for the name, resulting in a write to a dangling pointer.
- CVE-2022-26495
In nbd-server in nbd before 3.24, there is an integer overflow with a resultant heap-based buffer overflow. A value of 0xffffffff in the name length field will cause a zero-sized buffer to be allocated for the name, resulting in a write to a dangling pointer. This issue exists for the NBD_OPT_INFO, NBD_OPT_GO, and NBD_OPT_EXPORT_NAME messages.
For Debian 9
Stretch
, these problems have been fixed in version 1:3.15.2-3+deb9u1.We recommend that you upgrade your nbd packages.
Thanks to Wouter Verhelst for help in preparing this update.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- CVE-2022-26495