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Debian Security Advisory DSA 924-1 (nbd)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.1

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to nbd announced via advisory DSA 924-1. Kurt Fitzner discovered a buffer overflow in nbd, the network block device client and server that could potentially allow arbitrary cod on the NBD server. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.3-3sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your nbd-server package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20924-1

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