National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2382

Overview

The protocol_client_msg function in vnc.c in the VNC server in (1) Qemu 0.9.1 and earlier and (2) KVM kvm-79 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain message.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (01/05/2009)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of the Xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-11705

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01223.html

External Source: XF

Name: qemu-kvm-protocolclientmsg-dos(47561)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47561

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-776-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1

External Source: BID

Name: 32910

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32910

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081222 CORE-2008-1210: Qemu and KVM VNC server remote DoS

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499502/100/0/threaded

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-3489

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/3489

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-3488

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/3488

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vnc-remote-dos

Hyperlink:http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vnc-remote-dos

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021489

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1021489

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021488

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1021488

External Source: SREASON

Name: 4803

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4803

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35062

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35062

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34642

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34642

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33568

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33568

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33350

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33350

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33303

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33303

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33293

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33293

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:008

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:002

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html