Information Exposure Affecting qemu package, versions <2.8.1-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE311-QEMU-544398
  • published9 Dec 2016
  • disclosed9 Dec 2016

Introduced: 9 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9103  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.11 qemu to version 2.8.1-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host heap memory information by reading xattribute values before writing to them.

CVSS Scores

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