CVE-2012-0029
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
7.4
VIR risk
7.4
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the process_tx_desc function in the e1000 emulation (hw/e1000.c) in qemu-kvm 0.12, and possibly other versions, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted legacy mode packets.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0029
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/47741
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/47740
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| kvm_group | qemu-kvm | 0.12 | |
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/heads/stable-1.0
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00009.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0370.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47740
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47741
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47992
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48318
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50913
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0050.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51642
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1339-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772075
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72656
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0029
CWEs
CWE-119
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.