CVE-2019-14851
Published: 18 March 2021
A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in nbdkit. A client issuing a certain sequence of commands could possibly trigger an assertion failure, causing nbdkit to exit. This issue only affected nbdkit versions 1.12.7, 1.14.1, and 1.15.1.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
nbdkit Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
impish |
Not vulnerable
(1.14.2-3)
|
groovy |
Not vulnerable
(1.14.2-3)
|
|
hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(1.14.2-3)
|
|
xenial |
Needed
|
|
jammy |
Not vulnerable
(1.14.2-3)
|
|
kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(1.14.2-3)
|
|
lunar |
Not vulnerable
(1.14.2-3)
|
|
bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
disco |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
eoan |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
focal |
Not vulnerable
(1.14.2-3)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(1.14.2-1)
|
|
mantic |
Not vulnerable
(1.14.2-3)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 6.5 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14851
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2019-September/msg00272.html
- https://github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit/commit/a6b88b195a959b17524d1c8353fd425d4891dc5f
- https://github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit/commit/bf0d61883a2f02f4388ec10dc92d4c61c093679e
- https://github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit/commit/b2bc6683ea3cd1f6be694e8a681dfa411b7d15f3
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian