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Improper Privilege Management Affecting qemu package, versions <2.1+dfsg-6

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.06% (26th percentile)
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NVD
8.4 high
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Red Hat
4.6 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-QEMU-428241
  • published 14 Nov 2014
  • disclosed 14 Nov 2014
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Introduced: 14 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-3689 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-269 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable qemu to version 2.1+dfsg-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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The vmware-vga driver (hw/display/vmware_vga.c) in QEMU allows local guest users to write to qemu memory locations and gain privileges via unspecified parameters related to rectangle handling.