Vulnerability Details : CVE-2019-14851
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.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2019-14851
- cpe:2.3:a:nbdkit_project:nbdkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nbdkit_project:nbdkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nbdkit_project:nbdkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-14851
0.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 28 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2019-14851
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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3.5
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LOW | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
6.8
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2.9
|
NIST | |
6.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
2.8
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3.6
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2019-14851
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The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.Assigned by: secalert@redhat.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2019-14851
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2019-September/msg00272.html
Re: [Libguestfs] [NBDKIT SECURITY] Denial of Service / Amplification AttMailing List;Patch;Vendor Advisory
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1757259
1757259 – (CVE-2019-14851) CVE-2019-14851 nbdkit: assertion failure by issuing commands in the wrong orderIssue Tracking;Patch;Third Party Advisory
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