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🛡️ MGASA-2024-0174 — libnbd (CVE-2023-5215)

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Updated libnbd packages fix security vulnerability

A flaw was found in libnbd. A server can reply with a block size larger

than 2^63 (the NBD spec states the size is a 64-bit unsigned value).

This issue could lead to an application crash or other unintended

behavior for NBD clients that doesn't treat the return value of the

nbd_get_size() function correctly. (CVE-2023-5215)

Affected software

MGASA-2024-0174 is recorded against 1 package.

  • libnbd (fixed in 1.15.8-3.1.mga9)

Timeline and source

Published on 10 May 2024 and last revised on 16 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

advisories.mageia.org (Advisory)
bugs.mageia.org (Report)
lwn.net (Web)

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-05-10
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-04-16
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libnbd — 1.15.8-3.1.mga9

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