Qemu, as used in Xen 4.0, 4.1 and possibly other...

Vulnerability 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

• http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50528
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1234.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50530
• http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git%3Ba=log
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50689
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2543
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00005.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50632
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1325.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1236.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00027.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00024.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50913
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00016.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1590-1
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1262.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00051.html
• http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-17_Qemu_VT100_emulation_vulnerability
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00026.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55413
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1233.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html
• http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2545
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00001.html
• http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1235.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/10
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50860