CVE-2008-1943

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2008-05-13
Bugzilla:
443078: CVE-2008-1943 PVFB backend fails to validate frontend's framebuffer description

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2008-1943 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (xen) RHSA-2008:0194 2008-05-13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization 5 (xen) RHSA-2008:0194 2008-05-13

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