CVE-2008-1952

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2008-05-15
Bugzilla:
447759: CVE-2008-1952 qemu/xen/kvm: ioemu: Fix PVFB backend to limit frame buffer size

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2008-1952 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (xen) RHSA-2008:0892 2008-10-01
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization 5 (xen) RHSA-2008:0892 2008-10-01

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