CVE-2021-3716

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3716
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-02 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-07-07 19:27:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in nbdkit due to to improperly caching plaintext state across the STARTTLS encryption boundary. A MitM attacker could use this flaw to inject a plaintext NBD_OPT_STRUCTURED_REPLY before proxying everything else a client sends to the server, potentially leading the client to terminate the NBD session. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nbdkit Project Nbdkit All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Libguestfs] [NBDKIT SECURITY] STARTTLS denial-of-service weakness MISC listman.redhat.com
server: CVE-2021-3716 reset structured replies on starttls (09a13daf) · Commits · nbdkit / nbdkit · GitLab MISC gitlab.com
oss-security - Re: STARTTLS vulnerabilities MISC www.openwall.com
1994695 – (CVE-2021-3716) CVE-2021-3716 nbdkit: NBD_OPT_STRUCTURED_REPLY injection on STARTTLS MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
server: reset meta context replies on starttls (6c5faac6) · Commits · nbdkit / nbdkit · GitLab MISC gitlab.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159858 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for virt:ol and virt-devel:ol (ELSA-2022-1759)
  • 182726 Debian Security Update for nbdkit (CVE-2021-3716)
  • 240292 Red Hat Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security (RHSA-2022:1759)
  • 281862 Fedora Security Update for nbdkit (FEDORA-2021-9c2ba2fcfc)
  • 281863 Fedora Security Update for nbdkit (FEDORA-2021-535596f062)
  • 901588 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for nbdkit (8873)
  • 940525 AlmaLinux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALSA-2022:1759)
  • 960314 Rocky Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RLSA-2022:1759)
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