Directory Traversal Affecting qemu-guest-agent package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-QEMUGUESTAGENT-1967702
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Aug 2016

Introduced: 11 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-7116  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 qemu-guest-agent.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-guest-agent package and not the qemu-guest-agent package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to access host files outside the export path via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified string.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1