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CVE-2008-0928

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2008-03-11 qemu -- unchecked block read/write vulnerability

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2008-0928
Phase Assigned(20080225)

Description

Qemu 0.9.1 and earlier does not perform range checks for block device read or write requests, which allows guest host users with root privileges to access arbitrary memory and escape the virtual machine.

References

Source Reference
MLIST [debian-security] 20080219 qemu unchecked block read/write vulnerability
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433560
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-2057
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-2083
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-1995
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-2001
SECUNIA 29172
SECUNIA 29081