Unchecked Return Value Affecting libnbd package, versions <1.18.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-LIBNBD-8487177
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed28 Sept 2023

Introduced: 28 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-5215  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-252  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 libnbd to version 1.18.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libnbd package and not the libnbd package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in libnbd. A server can reply with a block size larger than 2^63 (the NBD spec states the size is a 64-bit unsigned value). This issue could lead to an application crash or other unintended behavior for NBD clients that doesn't treat the return value of the nbd_get_size() function correctly.

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