CVE-2012-3515

Qemu < 1.2.0 - Privilege Escalation via VT100 Escape Sequence

Title source: llm

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 (41)

Core 41

Core References

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/55082

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/50528

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

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

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/50530

Patch x_refsource_confirm

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

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/51413

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/50689

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2543

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/50632

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

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

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

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

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/50913

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/50472

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1590-1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

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

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-17_Qemu_VT100_emulation_vulnerability

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55413

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

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

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2545

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

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

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

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

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/10

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/50860

Scores

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 27.2%

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (28)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 11.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 11.10

canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04

debian/debian_linux 6.0

debian/debian_linux 7.0

opensuse/opensuse 11.4

opensuse/opensuse 12.1

opensuse/opensuse 12.2

qemu/qemu < 1.2.0

... and 18 more

Published Nov 23, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026