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Debian: CVE-2017-15038: qemu, qemu-kvm -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-15038: qemu, qemu-kvm -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/09/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/31/2018
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

Race condition in the v9fs_xattrwalk function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host heap memory via vectors related to reading extended attributes.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-qemu
  • debian-upgrade-qemu-kvm

References

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