Link Following Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.8+dfsg-3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.21% (59th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-QEMU-426881
- published 26 Apr 2018
- disclosed 26 Apr 2018
Introduced: 26 Apr 2018
CVE-2016-9602 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
qemu
to version 1:2.8+dfsg-3 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 Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
Qemu before version 2.9 is vulnerable to an improper link following when built with the VirtFS. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to access host file system beyond the shared folder and potentially escalating their privileges on a host.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9602
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg06225.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg04347.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/12
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9602
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95461
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037604
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9602