CVE-2008-1944

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2008-05-13
Bugzilla:
443390: CVE-2008-1944 PVFB SDL backend chokes on bogus screen updates

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in the backend framebuffer of XenSource Xen Para-Virtualized Framebuffer (PVFB) Message 3.0 through 3.0.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (SDL crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via "bogus screen updates," related to missing validation of the "format of messages."

Find out more about CVE-2008-1944 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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