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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200512-14
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Severity: High
Title: NBD Tools: Buffer overflow in NBD server
Date: December 23, 2005
Bugs: #116314
ID: 200512-14

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Synopsis
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The NBD server is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that may result in
the execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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The NBD Tools are the Network Block Device utilities allowing one to
use remote block devices over a TCP/IP network. It includes a userland
NBD server.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-block/nbd < 2.8.2-r1 >= 2.8.2-r1

Description
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Kurt Fitzner discovered that the NBD server allocates a request buffer
that fails to take into account the size of the reply header.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could send a malicious request that can result in the
execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the NBD server.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All NBD Tools users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-block/nbd-2.8.2-r1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2005-3534
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3534

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200512-14.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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