CVE-2015-0847

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-05-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-17

Description

nbd-server.c in Network Block Device (nbd-server) before 3.11 does not properly handle signals, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04
Wouter Verhelst Nbd: through 3.10

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00003.html
http://sourceforge.net/p/nbd/mailman/message/34091218/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nbd/files/nbd/3.11/
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3271
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/07/9
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2676-1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00003.html
http://sourceforge.net/p/nbd/mailman/message/34091218/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nbd/files/nbd/3.11/
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3271
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/07/9
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2676-1

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