Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2011-2212

Assigned:2011-07-05
Published:2011-07-05
Updated:2023-02-13
Summary:Buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 and earlier allows privileged guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) or gain privileges via a crafted indirect descriptor related to "virtqueue in and out requests."
CVSS v3 Severity:7.6 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.4 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Adjacent_Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
7.4 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Adjacent_Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
7.4 High (REDHAT CVSS v2 Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Adjacent_Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-119
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2011-2212

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::server:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20112212
    V
    CVE-2011-2212
    2022-05-20
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12960
    P
    DSA-2282-1 qemu-kvm -- several
    2014-07-21
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13974
    P
    USN-1165-1 -- qemu-kvm vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23582
    P
    ELSA-2011:0919: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update (Important)
    2014-05-26
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22055
    P
    RHSA-2011:0919: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update (Important)
    2014-02-24
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20110919
    P
    RHSA-2011:0919: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update (Important)
    2011-07-05
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