CVE-2008-1943: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri Apr 18 2008(Updated: )
Buffer overflow in the backend of XenSource Xen Para Virtualized Frame Buffer (PVFB) 3.0 through 3.1.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted description of a shared framebuffer.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/xen | <0:3.0.3-41.el5_1.5 | 0:3.0.3-41.el5_1.5 |
| Redhat Desktop | =5 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Virtualization Server | =5 | |
| XenSource Xen | =3.0 | |
| XenSource Xen | =3.0.2 | |
| XenSource Xen | =3.0.3 | |
| XenSource Xen | =3.0.4 | |
| XenSource Xen | =3.1.2 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443078
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29183
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020008
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29963
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30781
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1900/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42387
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10338
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=302934&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=302934&action=edit
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1952
- http://marc.info/?l=dailydave&m=122407972124773&w=2
- http://invisiblethingslab.com/pub/xenfb-adventures-10.pdf
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1943 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1943
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0194
- https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-1943.json
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