CVE-2008-0928

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
kvm	11.10 oneiric	Not in release
	11.04 natty	Not in release
	10.10 maverick	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 1:62+dfsg-0ubuntu3
	7.10 gutsy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	7.04 feisty	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.10 edgy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
qemu	11.10 oneiric	Not in release
	11.04 natty	Not in release
	10.10 maverick	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
	7.10 gutsy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	7.04 feisty	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.10 edgy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life
qemu-kvm	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Not in release
	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
xen-3.0	11.10 oneiric	Not in release
	11.04 natty	Not in release
	10.10 maverick	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Not in release
	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	7.10 gutsy	Not in release
	7.04 feisty	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	6.10 edgy	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
xen-3.1	11.10 oneiric	Not in release
	11.04 natty	Not in release
	10.10 maverick	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Not in release
	8.10 intrepid	Ignored end of life, was needed
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
	7.10 gutsy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	7.04 feisty	Not in release
	6.10 edgy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
xen-3.2	11.10 oneiric	Not in release
	11.04 natty	Not in release
	10.10 maverick	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Not in release
	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
	7.10 gutsy	Not in release
	7.04 feisty	Not in release
	6.10 edgy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
xen-3.3	11.10 oneiric	Not in release
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	7.10 gutsy	Not in release
	7.04 feisty	Not in release
	6.10 edgy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

Notes

kees

note that the original patch corrupts growable devices, see RH bug

jdstrand

there is now an updated patch in the RH bug 434978 Debian claims that patches break existing images

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
kvm	Vendor: http://patch-tracking.debian.net/patch/series/view/kvm/72+dfsg-1.1/CVE-2008-0928.patch
xen-3.1	Vendor: http://people.myasnchisdf.eu.org/~kees/qemu/xen-qemu-CVE-2008-0928.patch Vendor: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=296004
xen-3.2	Vendor: http://people.myasnchisdf.eu.org/~kees/qemu/xen-qemu-CVE-2008-0928.patch Vendor: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=296004

Status

Notes

kees

jdstrand

Patch details

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