Race Condition Affecting qemu package, versions <2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.45


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-QEMU-427888
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed13 Dec 2018

Introduced: 2 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-19489  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 qemu to version 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.45 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

v9fs_wstat in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (crash) because of a race condition during file renaming.

CVSS Scores

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