CVE-2012-3515

Publication date 6 September 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.”

Read the notes from the security team

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu-kvm 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.2
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.5
11.04 natty
Fixed 0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu4.7
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.20
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
xen 13.10 saucy
Not affected
13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 4.1.2-2ubuntu2.4
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 4.1.1-2ubuntu4.4
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
xen-3.1 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
xen-3.2 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
xen-3.3 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
xen-qemu-dm-4.0 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

kees

for full-virtualization issues, add qemu (and kvm)

mdeslaur

This is XSA-17 Also affects qemu-kvm

jdstrand

xen-qemu-dm-4.0 needs libxen-dev >= 4.0, but it isn’t available in 11.04, as a result, there are no binaries available in 11.04.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
qemu-kvm
xen-qemu-dm-4.0