CVE-2014-8106
Description
It was found that the Cirrus blit region checks were insufficient. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to write outside of VRAM-allocated buffer boundaries in the host's QEMU process address space with attacker-provided data.
Statement
This issue affects the qemu-kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, a future update may address this flaw.
This issue affects the kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.9 | 4.6 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Adjacent Network | Local | N/A |
| Access Complexity | Medium | Low | N/A |
| Authentication | Single | None | N/A |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial | Partial | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | Partial | Partial | N/A |
| Availability Impact | Partial | Partial | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Integrity,Confidentiality,Availability
Technical Impact: Read Memory; Modify Memory; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
Buffer overflows often can be used to execute arbitrary code, which is usually outside the scope of a program's implicit security policy. This can often be used to subvert any other security service.
Availability
Technical Impact: Modify Memory; DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart; DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)
Buffer overflows generally lead to crashes. Other attacks leading to lack of availability are possible, including putting the program into an infinite loop.
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by Paolo Bonzini (Red Hat).
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