Race Condition Affecting qemu package, versions <1:3.1+dfsg-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-QEMU-428363
- published 7 Dec 2018
- disclosed 12 Dec 2018
Introduced: 7 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-16867 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
qemu
to version 1:3.1+dfsg-1 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.
A flaw was found in qemu Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) before version 3.1.0. A path traversal in the in usb_mtp_write_data function in hw/usb/dev-mtp.c due to an improper filename sanitization. When the guest device is mounted in read-write mode, this allows to read/write arbitrary files which may lead do DoS scenario OR possibly lead to code execution on the host.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16867
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CGCFIFSIWUREEQQOZDZFBYKWZHXCWBZN/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/06/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16867
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106195
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16867
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3923-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CGCFIFSIWUREEQQOZDZFBYKWZHXCWBZN/