DSA-924-1 nbd -- buffer overflow

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2005-3534  

Kurt Fitzner discovered a buffer overflow in nbd, the network block device client and server that could potentially allow arbitrary code on the NBD server. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.3-3sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your nbd-server package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-924-1 nbd -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
21 Dec 2005
Affected Packages:
nbd
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3534.
More information:

Kurt Fitzner discovered a buffer overflow in nbd, the network block device client and server that could potentially allow arbitrary code on the NBD server.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.3-3sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your nbd-server package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd_1.2cvs20020320.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd_2.7.3-3sarge1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd_2.7.3-3sarge1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd_2.7.3.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_2.7.3-3sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_2.7.3-3sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_2.7.3-3sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_2.7.3-3sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_2.7.3-3sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_2.7.3-3sarge1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_2.7.3-3sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_2.7.3-3sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_2.7.3-3sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_2.7.3-3sarge1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_2.7.3-3sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_2.7.3-3sarge1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_2.7.3-3sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_2.7.3-3sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_2.7.3-3sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_2.7.3-3sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_2.7.3-3sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_2.7.3-3sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_2.7.3-3sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_2.7.3-3sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_2.7.3-3sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_2.7.3-3sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-client_2.7.3-3sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nbd/nbd-server_2.7.3-3sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.