high7.8
CVE-2017-7493
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an improper access control issue.
Impact
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an improper access control issue. It could occur while accessing virtfs metadata files in mapped-file security mode. A guest user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges inside guest.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Qemu | Qemu | through 2.9.1 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/278
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98574
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1451709
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-05/msg03663.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/278
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98574
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1451709
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-05/msg03663.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03