Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Affecting qemu-img package, versions <15:3.1.0-3.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-QEMUIMG-2546454
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed21 Mar 2019

Introduced: 21 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-8934  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-668  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 qemu-img to version 15:3.1.0-3.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-4640.

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.

hw/ppc/spapr.c in QEMU through 3.1.0 allows Information Exposure because the hypervisor shares the /proc/device-tree/system-id and /proc/device-tree/model system attributes with a guest.

CVSS Scores

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