Directory Traversal Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [,2.7.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3007189
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 Dec 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-7116  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qemu-project/qemu to version 2.7.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal. Directory traversal vulnerability in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to access host files outside the export path via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified string.

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