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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-9602: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-9602: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
06/05/2018

Description

Qemu before version 2.9 is vulnerable to an improper link following when built with the VirtFS. 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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-qemu

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