(Ubuntu Issues Fix) KVM E1000 NIC Emulation Heap Overflow Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1026572 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1026572
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2012-0029
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jan 24 2012
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Impact:
Denial of service via local system, User access via local system
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in KVM. A local privileged user on the guest system can obtain elevated privileges on the target host system.
A local privileged user on the guest operating system can send specially crafted legacy mode packets to trigger a heap overflow in the E1000 network interface card (NIC) emulation and cause the host system to crash.
A local privileged user may be able to exploit this to obtain privileges on the host system.
Nicolae Mogoreanu reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A local privileged user on the guest system can cause denial of service conditions on the target host system.
A local privileged user on the guest system can obtain elevated privileges on the target host system.
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Solution:
Ubuntu has issued a fix.
The Ubuntu advisory is available at:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1339-1
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Vendor URL: linux-kvm.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Ubuntu)
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Message History:
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