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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2017-15038) (Multiple Advisories): qemu security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2017-15038) (Multiple Advisories): qemu security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/09/2017
Created
05/17/2019
Added
05/15/2019
Modified
07/21/2020

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)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ivshmem-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-block-gluster
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-block-iscsi
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-block-rbd
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-common
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-img
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-core
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64-core
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-x86
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-x86-core

References

  • ELSA-2019-4630
  • USN-3575-1
  • USN-3575-2
  • DSA-4213
  • CVE-2017-15038

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