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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200512-14">
+ <title>NBD Tools: Buffer overflow in NBD server</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ The NBD server is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that may result in the
+ execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">NBD</product>
+ <announced>2005-12-23</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2005-12-23</revised>
+ <bug>116314</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="sys-block/nbd" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.8.2-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.8.2-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ 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.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Kurt Fitzner discovered that the NBD server allocates a request
+ buffer that fails to take into account the size of the reply header.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could send a malicious request that can result
+ in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the NBD server.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All NBD Tools users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-block/nbd-2.8.2-r1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3534">CVE-2005-3534</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-12-23T10:21:27Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-12-23T10:21:38Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>