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.
MLIST:[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 MLIST:[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 CONFIRM:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708 CONFIRM:http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-17_Qemu_VT100_emulation_vulnerability CONFIRM:http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git;a=log DEBIAN:DSA-2545 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2545 DEBIAN:DSA-2543 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2543 GENTOO:GLSA-201309-24 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml GENTOO:GLSA-201604-03 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 REDHAT:RHSA-2012:1233 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1233.html REDHAT:RHSA-2012:1234 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1234.html REDHAT:RHSA-2012:1235 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1235.html REDHAT:RHSA-2012:1236 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1236.html REDHAT:RHSA-2012:1262 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1262.html REDHAT:RHSA-2012:1325 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1325.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1172 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1174 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1203 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00026.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1205 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00027.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1320 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1129 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00001.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1132 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1133 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1135 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00005.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1162 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1202 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00024.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1153 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00051.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1170 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00016.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1572 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1573 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html UBUNTU:USN-1590-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1590-1 BID:55413 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55413 SECUNIA:50472 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50472 SECUNIA:50530 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50530 SECUNIA:50860 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50860 SECUNIA:50632 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50632 SECUNIA:50528 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50528 SECUNIA:50689 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50689 SECUNIA:50913 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50913 SECUNIA:51413 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/51413 SECUNIA:55082 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
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Date Entry Created
20120614	Disclaimer: The entry 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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