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CVE-2021-3716

LOW CVSS: 3.1 Published: 2022-03-02 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A flaw was found in nbdkit due to to improperly caching plaintext state across the STARTTLS encryption boundary. A MitM attacker could use this flaw to inject a plaintext NBD_OPT_STRUCTURED_REPLY before proxying everything else a client sends to the server, potentially leading the client to terminate the NBD session. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected Platforms

Nbdkit Project NbdkitRedhat Enterprise Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-924, NVD-CWE-Other

References