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bochs: buffer overflow

Package(s):bochs CVE #(s):CVE-2007-2893
Created:July 20, 2007 Updated:November 19, 2007
Description: A 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."
Alerts:
Gentoo 200711-21 2007-11-17
Fedora FEDORA-2007-1778 2007-08-23
Debian DSA-1351-1 2007-08-07
Fedora FEDORA-2007-1153 2007-07-19
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