cve-2008-1943
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-05-14 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 08:41
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/29963Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/30781Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29183
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020008
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1900/references
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443078
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42387
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10338
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