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CVE-2008-1952

Published: 23 June 2008

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
this completes CVE-2008-1943
first half is xen-pvfb-validate-fb.patch in RHEL5
rhel5 is missing the second half

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
xen
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable

feisty Does not exist

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 Not vulnerable

upstream Needs triage

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

feisty Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
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 Needs triage

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 Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-05/msg00421.html
upstream: http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-05/msg00508.html


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://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-05/msg00421.html
upstream: http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-05/msg00508.html
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