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1 =head1 NAME
3 nbdkit-security - information about past security issues in nbdkit
5 =head1 DESCRIPTION
7 This page details past security issues found in nbdkit.
9 For how to report new security issues, see the C<SECURITY> file in the
10 top level source directory, also available online here:
11 L<https://github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit/blob/master/SECURITY>
13 =head2 CVE-2019-14850 
14 denial of service due to premature opening of back-end connection
16 See the full announcement and links to mitigation, tests and fixes
17 here:
18 https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2019-September/msg00084.html
20 =head2 CVE-2019-14851
21 assertion failure by issuing commands in the wrong order
23 This CVE was caused by the fix to the previous issue.
25 See the full announcement and links to mitigation, tests and fixes
26 here:
27 https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2019-September/msg00272.html
29 =head1 SEE ALSO
31 L<nbdkit(1)>.
33 =head1 AUTHORS
35 Eric Blake
37 Richard W.M. Jones
39 =head1 COPYRIGHT
41 Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Red Hat Inc.