CVE-2008-1952 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1952
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Description: 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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43362 ST 1020957 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA32088 REDHAT MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/21/9 http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-05/msg00421.html CONFIRM http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-unstable.hg?rev/9044705960cb30cec385bdca7305bcf7db096721 BID 30646

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