CVE - CVE-2012-3515

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-3515	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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."
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:50472 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50472 MISC:50528 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50528 MISC:50530 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50530 MISC:50632 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50632 MISC:50689 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50689 MISC:50860 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50860 MISC:50913 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50913 MISC:51413 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/51413 MISC:55082 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 MISC:55413 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55413 MISC:DSA-2543 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2543 MISC:DSA-2545 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2545 MISC:GLSA-201309-24 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml MISC:GLSA-201604-03 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 MISC:RHSA-2012:1233 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1233.html MISC:RHSA-2012:1234 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1234.html MISC:RHSA-2012:1235 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1235.html MISC:RHSA-2012:1236 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1236.html MISC:RHSA-2012:1262 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1262.html MISC:RHSA-2012:1325 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1325.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1129 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00001.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1132 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1133 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1135 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00005.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1162 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1202 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00024.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1203 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00026.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1205 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00027.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1320 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html MISC:USN-1590-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1590-1 MISC:[Xen-announce] 20120905 Xen Security Advisory 17 (CVE-2012-3515) - Qemu VT100 emulation vulnerability URL:http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html MISC:[oss-security] 20120905 Xen Security Advisory 17 (CVE-2012-3515) - Qemu VT100 emulation vulnerability URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/10 MISC:http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git%3Ba=log URL:http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git%3Ba=log MISC:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708 URL:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708 MISC:http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-17_Qemu_VT100_emulation_vulnerability URL:http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-17_Qemu_VT100_emulation_vulnerability MISC:openSUSE-SU-2012:1153 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00051.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2012:1170 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00016.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2012:1172 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2012:1174 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2012:1572 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2012:1573 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120614	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20120614)
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