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ELSA-2013-0896 Moderate: Oracle Linux qemu-kvm security and bug fix update

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ELSA-2013-0896 Moderate: Oracle Linux qemu-kvm security and bug fix update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/21/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/07/2013
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

The qemu guest agent in Qemu 1.4.1 and earlier, as used by Xen, when started in daemon mode, uses weak permissions for certain files, which allows local users to read and write to these files.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-guest-agent
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-guest-agent-win32
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-img
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tools

References

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