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CVE-2008-1943

Published: 14 May 2008

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
kees
affects Xen 3.2 (and 3.2.1) too
code for 3.1 is in tools/xenfb/
mdeslaur
additional checks for this in CVE-2008-1952
xen-pvfb-validate-fb.patch in RHEL5

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

feisty Not vulnerable

gutsy Not vulnerable

hardy Not vulnerable

intrepid Not vulnerable

jaunty Not vulnerable

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable

qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable

feisty Not vulnerable

gutsy Not vulnerable

hardy Not vulnerable

intrepid Not vulnerable

jaunty Not vulnerable

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable

qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Not vulnerable

lucid Not vulnerable

maverick Not vulnerable

natty Not vulnerable

oneiric Not vulnerable

upstream Needs triage

xen-3.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

feisty Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
gutsy Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

upstream Needed

xen-3.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

feisty Does not exist

gutsy Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
intrepid Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
jaunty Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

upstream Needed

Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.
xen-3.2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

feisty Does not exist

gutsy Does not exist

hardy Ignored
(end of life)
intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-3.3-testing.hg?rev/53195719f762
vendor: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=302934
vendor: http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc//rpms/xen/F-9/xen-pvfb-validate-fb.patch?view=markup
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.
xen-3.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

feisty Does not exist

gutsy Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

intrepid Not vulnerable

jaunty Not vulnerable

karmic Not vulnerable

lucid Not vulnerable

maverick Not vulnerable

natty Not vulnerable

oneiric Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable