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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-2382 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
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Vendor Statements (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.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33293 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33303 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33350 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35062 CVE, MITRE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4803 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021488 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021489 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vnc-remote-dos CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499502/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32910 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3488 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3489 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47561 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01223.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2382
NVD Published Date:
12/24/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE