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CVE-2008-1945

QEMU 0.9.0 does not properly handle changes to removable media, which allows guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS by using the diskformat: par…

Impact

QEMU 0.9.0 does not properly handle changes to removable media, which allows guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS by using the diskformat: parameter in the -usbdevice option to modify the disk-image header to identify a different format, a related issue to CVE-2008-2004.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
QemuQemu
Version 0.9.0
OpensuseOpensuse
Versions 10.3, 11.0, 11.1
SuseLinux Enterprise Server
Versions 10, 11
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 4.0, 5.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 8.04, 8.10
RedhatEnterprise Linux Desktop
Version 5.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Eus
Version 5.2
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server
Version 5.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Workstation
Version 5.0

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