Network Block Device is a protocol for accessing hard disks and other disk-like devices over the network. The nbdkit toolkit utilizes NBD to create servers with minimal dependencies. The package contains plug-in support for the C and Python programming languages. Security Fix: * nbdkit: denial of service due to premature opening of back-end connection For more details about the security issue, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.