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Link Following Affecting qemu package, versions <0.9.1-6

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
8.4 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-QEMU-525170
  • published 15 Oct 2008
  • disclosed 15 Oct 2008
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Introduced: 15 Oct 2008

CVE-2008-4553 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-59 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 qemu to version 0.9.1-6 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:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

qemu-make-debian-root in qemu 0.9.1-5 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files and directories.