CVE-2023-5871

MEDIUM

libnbd 1.17.4-1.18.1 - Denial of Service via Malicious NBD Server

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in libnbd, due to a malicious Network Block Device (NBD), a protocol for accessing Block Devices such as hard disks over a Network. This issue may allow a malicious NBD server to cause a Denial of Service.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2204
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5871
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247308

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0092
EPSS Percentile 55.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-617
Status published
Products (3)
redhat/enterprise_linux 9.0
redhat/libnbd 1.19.1
redhat/libnbd 1.17.4 - 1.18.2
Published Nov 27, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026