Buffer overflow in the mainloop function in nbd-server.c in the...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in the mainloop function in nbd-server.c in the server in Network Block Device (nbd) before 2.9.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2005-3534 regression.

References

• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-35.xml
• https://github.com/yoe/nbd/commit/3ef52043861ab16352d49af89e048ba6339d6df8
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43610
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054071.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0403
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673562
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/28/3
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65720
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/31/7
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0582
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=611187
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054083.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46572
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086846
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2183
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43353