NBD Tools: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202402-10

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NBD Tools, the worst of which could result in arbitary code execution.

Affected packages

Package	sys-block/nbd on all architectures
Affected versions	< 3.24
Unaffected versions	>= 3.24

Background

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.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NBD Tools. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All NBD Tools users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-block/nbd-3.24"

References

CVE-2022-26495
CVE-2022-26496

Release date
February 04, 2024

Latest revision
February 04, 2024: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

834678