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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2183-1 (nbd)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to nbd announced via advisory DSA 2183-1.
Insight
Insight
It was discovered a regression of a buffer overflow (CVE-2005-3534) in nbd, the Network Block Device server, that could allow arbitrary code execution on the NBD server via a large request.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1:2.9.11-3lenny1. The stable distribution (squeeze), the testing distribution (wheezy), and the unstable distribution (sid) are not affected. This problem was fixed prior the release of squeeze in version 1:2.9.16-8. We recommend that you upgrade your nbd packages.