Description
The drive_init function in QEMU 0.9.1 determines the format of a raw disk image based on the header, which allows local guest users to read arbitrary files on the host by modifying the header to identify a different format, which is used when the guest is restarted.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35062 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29101 ↗
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-04/msg00675.html ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11021 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1 ↗
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=4277 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29963 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29129 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30111 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42268 ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 ↗