Race Condition Affecting ivshmem-tools package, versions <15:3.1.0-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-IVSHMEMTOOLS-2532776
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Oct 2017

Introduced: 10 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15038  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 ivshmem-tools to version 15:3.1.0-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-4585.

NVD Description

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

Race condition in the v9fs_xattrwalk function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host heap memory via vectors related to reading extended attributes.