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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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CVE-2008-0928 at cve.mitre.org

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
DEBIAN	DSA-1799
FEDORA	FEDORA-2008-2057
FEDORA	FEDORA-2008-2083
FEDORA	FEDORA-2008-1995
FEDORA	FEDORA-2008-2001
FEDORA	FEDORA-2008-1973
FEDORA	FEDORA-2008-1993
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2008:162
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2009:016
REDHAT	RHSA-2008:0194
SUSE	SUSE-SR:2009:008
BID	28001
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9706
SECUNIA	29172
SECUNIA	29081
SECUNIA	29963
SECUNIA	29129
SECUNIA	29136
SECUNIA	34642
SECUNIA	35031