Improper Privilege Management Affecting qemu-img package, versions <10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-QEMUIMG-2481407
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 May 2021

Introduced: 28 May 2021

CVE-2013-4536  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 qemu-img to version 10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-0927.

NVD Description

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

An user able to alter the savevm data (either on the disk or over the wire during migration) could use this flaw to to corrupt QEMU process memory on the (destination) host, which could potentially result in arbitrary code execution on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.

CVSS Scores

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