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CVE-2008-4539

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Cirrus VGA implementation in (1) KVM before kvm-82 and (2) QEMU on Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu might allow local users to gain privileges by using the VNC console for a connection, aka the LGD-54XX "bitblt" heap overflow. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-1320.

Published

2008-12-29T15:24:23.563

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	kvm_qumranet	kvm	≤ 81	Yes
Application	qemu	qemu	< 0.10.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	-	No
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	-	No
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.10	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	4.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	5.0	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069 ([email protected])
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.changes.devel/msg/9e0dc008572f2867?dmode=source Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25073 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29129 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33350 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35031 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35062 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5587 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mail-archive.com/cvs-all%40freebsd.org/msg129730.html ([email protected])
http://www.mail-archive.com/secure-testing-commits%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg09322.html ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237342 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448525 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466890 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47736 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/qemu/0.9.1+svn20081112-1ubuntu1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01223.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.changes.devel/msg/9e0dc008572f2867?dmode=source Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25073 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29129 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33350 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35031 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35062 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5587 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mail-archive.com/cvs-all%40freebsd.org/msg129730.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mail-archive.com/secure-testing-commits%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg09322.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237342 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448525 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466890 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47736 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/qemu/0.9.1+svn20081112-1ubuntu1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01223.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)