CVE-2019-14850
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CVE-2019-14850 is a low-severity vulnerability rated 3.7/10 on the CVSS scale. A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in nbdkit 1.12.7, 1.14.1 and 1.15.1. An attacker could connect to the nbdkit service and cause it to perform a large amount of work in initializing backend plugins, by simply opening a connection to the service. EPSS estimates a 1.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in nbdkit 1.12.7, 1.14.1 and 1.15.1. An attacker could connect to the nbdkit service and cause it to perform a large amount of work in initializing backend plugins, by simply opening a connection to the service. This vulnerability could cause resource consumption and degradation of service in nbdkit, depending on the plugins configured on the server-side.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Nbdkit Project | Nbdkit | < 1.12.7 |
| Nbdkit Project | Nbdkit | >= 1.14.0, < 1.14.1 |
| Nbdkit Project | Nbdkit | >= 1.15.0, < 1.15.1 |
| Redhat | Virtualization | 4.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 8.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 7.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1757258Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2019-September/msg00084.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1757258Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2019-September/msg00084.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
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- Status
- Modified
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