CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-1952
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-06-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The backend for XenSource Xen Para Virtualized Frame Buffer (PVFB) in Xen ioemu does not properly restrict the frame buffer size, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by mapping an arbitrary amount of guest memory.
Affected configurations
• xensource xen para virtualized frame buffer
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-05/msg00421.html lists.xensource.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32088 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/21/9 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30646 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020957 www.securitytracker.com
- http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-unstable.hg?rev/9044705960cb30cec385bdca7305bcf7db096721 Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43362 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11189 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0892.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-05/msg00421.html lists.xensource.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32088 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/21/9 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30646 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020957 www.securitytracker.com
- http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-unstable.hg?rev/9044705960cb30cec385bdca7305bcf7db096721 Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43362 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11189 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0892.html rhn.redhat.com