Fedora 23: FEDORA-2016-14581 Important: Nbd Vulnerability Mitigation Patch
fedora
August 13, 2015
* Fix unsafe signal handlers to avoid DoS attack [CVE-2015-0847].
Summary
Tools for the Linux Kernel's network block device, allowing you to use
remote block devices over a TCP/IP network.
Update Information:
* Fix unsafe signal handlers to avoid DoS attack [CVE-2015-0847].
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Sat Jul 11 2015 Christopher Meng
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1222027 - CVE-2015-0847 nbd: nbd-server denial of service due to unsafe signal handlers https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222027
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update nbd' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .
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Name: nbd
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 3.11Release : 1.fc22
Summary: Network Block Device user-space tools (TCP version)
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