Re: [Libguestfs] [NBDKIT SECURITY] STARTTLS denial-of-service weakness

2021-08-19 Thread Eric Blake
On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 03:39:15PM -0500, Eric Blake wrote: > We have discovered a potential Denial of Service Attack in nbdkit, > when using opportunistic TLS. > > Fixes > - > > This affects all nbdkit versions 1.12 through 1.26.4, as well as > development versions through 1.27.5. A fix is

Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH] docs: Link to protocol security considerations in uri docs

2021-08-19 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Hi Eric, On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 11:02:48AM -0500, Eric Blake wrote: > Dan Berrangé and I thought about some more potential future problems: > right now, even with FORCEDTLS mode (in both client and server), we > have NO way to validate that the initial NBD_FLAG_[C_] bits advertised > between clie