========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1155-1 June 21, 2011 nbd vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 10.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Summary: An attacker could send crafted input to NBD and cause it to crash or to run arbitrary programs. Software Description: - nbd: Network Block Device protocol Details: It was discovered that NBD incorrectly handled certain long requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause NBD to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.10: nbd-server 1:2.9.14-2ubuntu1.10.10.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: nbd-server 1:2.9.14-2ubuntu1.10.04.1 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: nbd-server 1:2.9.9-1ubuntu1.1 After a standard system update you need to restart NBD to make all the necessary changes. References: CVE-2011-0530 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nbd/1:2.9.14-2ubuntu1.10.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nbd/1:2.9.14-2ubuntu1.10.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nbd/1:2.9.9-1ubuntu1.1