CVE-2012-6075
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Buffer overflow in the e1000_receive function in the e1000 device driver (hw/e1000.c) in QEMU 1.3.0-rc2 and other versions, when the SBP and LPE flags are disabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) and possibly execute arbitrary guest code via a large packet.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| OpenStack Folsom (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2013:0639 | 2013-03-12 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (xen) | RHSA-2013:0599 | 2013-03-06 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization 5 (xen) | RHSA-2013:0599 | 2013-03-06 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2013:0609 | 2013-03-07 |
| RHEV Agents (vdsm) (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2013:0610 | 2013-03-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization 5 (kvm) | RHSA-2013:0608 | 2013-03-07 |
| RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 (rhev-hypervisor6) | RHSA-2013:0636 | 2013-03-13 |
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