CVE-2023-5871

medium

Description

A flaw was found in libnbd, due to a malicious Network Block Device (NBD), a protocol for accessing Block Devices such as hard disks over a Network. This issue may allow a malicious NBD server to cause a Denial of Service.

References

https://lists.libguestfs.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/PFVUCMPFQUDC23JXSCUUPXIGDZ7XCFMD/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247308

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5871

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2204

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-11-27

Updated: 2024-04-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L