Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20201167
Revision Date:2020-03-31Version:636
Title:RHSA-2020:1167: nbdkit security and bug fix update (Low)
Description:Network Block Device (NBD) is a protocol for accessing hard disks and other disk-like devices over the network. The nbdkit toolkit utilizes NBD to create servers with minimal dependencies. The package contains plug-in support for the C and Python programming languages.

Security Fix(es):

  • nbdkit: denial of service due to premature opening of back-end connection (CVE-2019-14850)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-14850
    RHSA-2020:1167
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
  • AND
  • nbdkit is earlier than 0:1.8.0-3.el7
  • AND nbdkit is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • nbdkit-basic-plugins is earlier than 0:1.8.0-3.el7
  • AND nbdkit-basic-plugins is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • nbdkit-devel is earlier than 0:1.8.0-3.el7
  • AND nbdkit-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • nbdkit-example-plugins is earlier than 0:1.8.0-3.el7
  • AND nbdkit-example-plugins is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • nbdkit-plugin-python-common is earlier than 0:1.8.0-3.el7
  • AND nbdkit-plugin-python-common is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • nbdkit-plugin-python2 is earlier than 0:1.8.0-3.el7
  • AND nbdkit-plugin-python2 is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • nbdkit-plugin-vddk is earlier than 0:1.8.0-3.el7
  • AND nbdkit-plugin-vddk is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK