CVE-2005-3534

Summary

CVECVE-2005-3534
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-22 21:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the Network Block Device (nbd) server 2.7.5 and earlier, and 2.8.0 through 2.8.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large request, which is written past the end of the buffer because nbd does not account for memory taken by the reply header.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wouter Verhelst Nbd 2.8.0 All All All
Application Wouter Verhelst Nbd 2.8.2 All All All
Application Wouter Verhelst Nbd All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Network Block Device Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Debian update for nbd - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Network Block Device Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for nbd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Network Block Device download | SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch
USN-237-1: nbd vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-924-1 nbd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE update for multiple packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- NBD Tools: Buffer overflow in NBD server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for nbd - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Network Block Device download | SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch
Page not found - SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Gentoo Bug 116314 - sys-block/nbd Buffer overflow (CVE-2005-3534) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
www.osvdb.org/21848 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Patch
Gentoo update for ndb - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for nbd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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