Bochs NE2000 buffer overflow
| bochs-ne2000-bo (34508) |  High Risk |
Description:
Bochs is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the emulated NE2000 device. By sending a large value in the TXCNT register, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 5.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
For Debian GNU/Linux (bochs):
Refer to DSA-1351-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
References:
- boch's Web site: bochs: The Open Source IA-31 Emulation Project (Home Page).
- Tavis Ormandy White paper: An Empirical Study into the Security Exposures to Hosts of Hostile Virtualized Environments.
- BID-24246: Bochs Buffer Overflow and Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-2893: Heap-based buffer overflow in the bx_ne2k_c::rx_frame function in iodev/ne2k.cc in the emulated NE2000 device in Bochs 2.3 allows local users of the guest operating system to write to arbitrary memory locations and gain privileges on the host operating system via vectors that cause TXCNT register values to exceed the device memory size, aka RX Frame heap overflow.
- DSA-1351: bochs -- buffer overflow
- GLSA-200711-21: Bochs: Multiple vulnerabilities
- SA25470: Bochs NE2000 RX Frame Overflow and Disk Controller Denial of Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1936: Bochs NE2000 RX Frame Heap Overflow and Floppy Disk Controller DoS Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Bochs Project Bochs 2.3 and prior
- Debian Debian Linux 3.1
- Debian Debian Linux 4.0
- Gentoo Linux
Reported:
May 01, 2007
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