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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (libnbd): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Man-in-the-middle-Bedingung

WID-SEC-2024-2179 · first 19.09.2024 · updated 27.03.2026 · CVSS 7,4

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What it is about

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. Ein entfernter anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um eine Man-in-the-middle-Situation zu schaffen.

Under what conditions?

Over the network.

What can happen in the worst case

An attacker could use the vulnerability to

  • eine Man-in-the-middle-Situation zu schaffen

Am I affected?

Affected according to the BSI:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • RESF Rocky Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux libnbd <1.20.2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux libnbd <1.18.5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux libnbd <1.21.1

The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.

What helps?

Update to at least:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux libnbd 1.20.2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux libnbd 1.18.5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux libnbd 1.21.1

Is the vulnerability already being exploited?

None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.

Information and sources

CVE: CVE-2024-7383

Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.

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