Description
A flaw was found in qemu Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) before version 3.1.0. A path traversal in the in usb_mtp_write_data function in hw/usb/dev-mtp.c due to an improper filename sanitization. When the guest device is mounted in read-write mode, this allows to read/write arbitrary files which may lead do DoS scenario OR possibly lead to code execution on the host.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
[UNKNOWN] QEMU:
3.1.0affected
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16867 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106195 ↗
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/06/1 ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CGCFIFSIWUREEQQOZDZFBYKWZHXCWBZN/ ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3923-1/ ↗