CVE-2011-2512 (GCVE-0-2011-2512)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-21 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:00
VLAI
Summary
The virtio_queue_notify in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 and earlier does not properly validate the virtqueue number, which allows guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative number in the Queue Notify field of the Virtio Header, which bypasses a signed comparison.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 1014 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/45170 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/44648 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/45301 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/45158 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.osvdb.org/74751 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/44458 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1165-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2270 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/9605323 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git%3B… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2011-03-27 00:00
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