CVE-2008-2382

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2382
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-24 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-11-02 14:39:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 1 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 10 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 11 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 12 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 13 All All All
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Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 19 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 2 All All All
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Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 28 All All All
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Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 3 All All All
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Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 1 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 10 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 11 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 12 All All All
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Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 2 All All All
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Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 48 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 49 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 5 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 50 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 51 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 52 All All All
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Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 70 All All All
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Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 78 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 8 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 9 All All All
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm All All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.6 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.2.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.3.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.6.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.6.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.9.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.6 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.2.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.3.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.6.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.6.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
KVM VNC "protocol_client_msg()" Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:002 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Ubuntu update for kvm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityReason - CORE-2008-1210: Qemu and KVM VNC server remote DoS SREASON securityreason.com
KVM VNC Server Bug in protocol_client_msg() Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com Exploit
QEMU VNC "protocol_client_msg()" Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Fedora update for kvm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Qemu VNC Server Bug in protocol_client_msg() Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: kvm-65-15.fc9 FEDORA www.redhat.com
USN-776-1: KVM vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:008 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Core Security Technologies MISC www.coresecurity.com
QEMU and KVM VNC Server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-01-05Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of the Xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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