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CVE-2012-3515 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2012-3515

CVE-2012-3515

UNKNOWN

Qemu, as used in Xen 4

Published Nov 23, 2012

Modified 1 years ago

Details

Qemu, as used in Xen 4.0, 4.1 and possibly other products, when emulating certain devices with a virtual console backend, allows local OS guest users to gain privileges via a crafted escape VT100 sequence that triggers the overwrite of a "device model's address space."

References(42)

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git%3Ba=log

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00001.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00005.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00016.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00024.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00026.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00027.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00051.html

http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1233.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1234.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1235.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1236.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1262.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1325.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/50472

http://secunia.com/advisories/50528

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v2.0

7.2

Exploitability

Access Vector

LocalAV:L

Access Complexity

LowAC:L

Authentication

NoneAu:N

Impact

Confidentiality

CompleteC:C

Integrity

CompleteI:C

Availability

CompleteA:C

7.2/AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedNov 23, 2012

ModifiedAug 6, 2024