83157 : libvirt Cross Virtual Machine USB Assignment Information Disclosure
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-04-28

Description

libvirt contains a flaw that is triggered when the program fails to properly assign USB devices to virtual machines when handling multiple devices that have the same vendor and product ID. This may allow an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information when a USB device is assigned to the wrong guest.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Solution Unknown
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Uncoordinated Disclosure

Solution

OSVDB is not aware of a solution for this vulnerability.

Products

Red Hat, Inc.

libvirt

0.9.11

References

CVE ID: 2012-2693 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 54126
Other Advisory URL: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/11/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/11/3
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=815755 [ Auth Req'd ]
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2012:0748 RHSA-2013:0127

Credit

Not Available

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 3.7
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-06-18 | Disagree?

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