Information Exposure Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [,2.9.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3007025
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Jul 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Jul 2018

CVE-2017-7471  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qemu-project/qemu to version 2.9.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System (9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an improper access control issue. It could occur while accessing files on a shared host directory. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to access host file system beyond the shared folder and potentially escalating their privileges on a host.

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