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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-9602): QEMU vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-9602): QEMU vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/20/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/21/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-arm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-mips
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-misc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-ppc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-s390x
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-sparc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-x86

References

  • USN-3261-1
  • USN-3268-1
  • CVE-2016-9602
  • DLA-965-1

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