Upstream information
Description
Buffer overflow in the usb_host_handle_control function in the USB passthrough handling implementation in usb-linux.c in QEMU before 0.11.1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash or hang) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS via a crafted USB packet.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.2 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
Note from the SUSE Security Team
KVM virtualization is not present in SUSE Linux Enterprise 9 and SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, so neither of them are affected by this issue. SUSE Bugzilla entry: 569233 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX] No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:30:16 2013CVE page last modified: Wed Sep 25 11:12:07 2024