Summary
The remote host is missing an update to xen-qemu-dm-4.0 announced via advisory DSA 2543-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202543-1
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in xen-qemu-dm-4.0, the Xen Qemu Device Model virtual machine hardware emulator. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2012-3515:
The device model for HVM domains does not properly handle VT100 escape sequences when emulating certain devices with a virtual console backend. An attacker within a guest with access to the vulnerable virtual console could overwrite memory of the device model and escalate privileges to that of the device model process.
CVE-2012-4411:
The qemu monitor was enabled by default, allowing administrators of a guest to access resources of the host, possibly escalate privileges or access resources belonging to another guest.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.1-2+squeeze2.
The testing distribution (wheezy), and the unstable distribution (sid), no longer contain this package.
We recommend that you upgrade your xen-qemu-dm-4.0 packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-3515, CVE-2012-4411 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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