UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5215 (CVE-2023-5215)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-09-28 14:15 – Updated: 2026-10-17 09:17 – Source website
VLAI
Details

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.

Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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\u0027t treat the return value of the nbd_get_size() function correctly.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5215",
  "modified": "2026-10-17T09:17:39Z",
  "published": "2023-09-28T14:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5215"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5215"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://listman.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2023-September/032635.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5215"
    }
  ],
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
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  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-5215"
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}



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