CVE-2011-1750
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the virtio-blk driver (hw/virtio-blk.c) in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 allow local guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) and possibly gain privileges via a (1) write request to the virtio_blk_handle_write function or (2) read request to the virtio_blk_handle_read function that is not properly aligned.
Find out more about CVE-2011-1750 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue does not affect versions of kvm package as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 7.4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2011:0534 | 2011-05-19 |
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