CVE-2012-3515

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3515
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-23 20:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionQemu, 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 6.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 5.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 6.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 10 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp2 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA50530 - Citrix XenServer Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
USN-1590-1: QEMU vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1205-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 17 (CVE-2012-3515) - Qemu VT100 emulation vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1132-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1162-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA50689 - SUSE update for kvm - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1129-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2543-1 xen-qemu-dm-4.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA50472 - Xen Multiple Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1572-1: important: XEN: security an af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Announcements - Xen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.xen.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1135-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[Xen-announce] Xen Security Advisory 17 (CVE-2012-3515) - Qemu VT100 emulation vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.xen.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1170-1: important: qemu: Fix buffer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1320-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1573-1: important: XEN: security an af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.citrix.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1172-1: important: Security Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA51413 - SUSE update for xen - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA50913 - SUSE update for qemu - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1133-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1174-1: important: Security Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Xen CVE-2012-3515 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
git.qemu.org Git - qemu-stable-0.15.git/log af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.qemu.org
Security Advisory SA50632 - SUSE update for qemu - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA50528 - Red Hat update for xen - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA50860 - Ubuntu update for qemu - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2545-1 qemu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2012:1153-1: moderate: kvm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA55082 - Gentoo update for xen - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1202-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201604-03) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1203-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
git.qemu.org Git - qemu-stable-0.15.git/log MITRE git.qemu.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2012-3515 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
851252 – (CVE-2012-3515) CVE-2012-3515 qemu: VT100 emulation vulnerability MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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