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CVE-2017-15038

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.

Published

2017-10-10T01:30:22.127

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-362

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	qemu	qemu	≤ 2.9.1	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/06/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html ([email protected])
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg00729.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/ ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/06/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg00729.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)