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Gentoo: GLSA-200512-14 High Severity: NBD Server Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey December 23, 2005
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Uncover the Gentoo advisory regarding a buffer overflow vulnerability in the NBD server that allows the execution of arbitrary code. Essential actions detailed.
The NBD server is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that may result in the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200512-14 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: NBD Tools: Buffer overflow in NBD server Date: December 23, 2005 Bugs: #116314 ID: 200512-14

Synopsis ======= The NBD server is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that may result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= The NBD Tools are the Network Block Device utilities allowing one to use remote block devices over a TCP/IP network. It includes a userland NBD server.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-block/nbd < 2.8.2-r1 >= 2.8.2-r1
========== Kurt Fitzner discovered that the NBD server allocates a request buffer that fails to t...

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