Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1590-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain VT100 escape sequences. A guest user with access to an emulated character device could use this flaw to cause QEMU to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host.
Affected
qemu-kvm on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 11.10 ,
Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-3515 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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