CVE-2012-3515
Description
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."
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3515
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/10
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-17_Qemu_VT100_emulation_vulnerability
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 11.4 | affected | |
| suse | 12.1 | affected | |
| suse | 12.2 | affected | |
| suse | 10 | affected | |
| suse | 11 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.0 | not-affected | |
| rhel | 5.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.3 | affected | |
| debian | 6.0 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 10.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 11.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 11.10 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.1.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.1.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.1.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.1.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.1.2+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | {"endExcluding":"1.2.0"} | 1.2.0 |
| redhat | virtualization | 3.0 | |
| redhat | virtualization | 5.0 | |
| redhat | virtualization | 6.0 | |
References
- 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
CWEs
CWE-20
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.