Vulnerability in Qemu
CVE-2008-1945
QEMU 0.9.0 does not properly handle changes to removable media, which allows guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS by using the diskformat: parameter in the -usbdevice option to modify the disk-image header to identify a different format, a related issue to CVE-2008-2004.
EPSS: 0.005 (38.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Qemu — versions 0.9.0
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 8.04, 8.10
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 4.0, 5.0
- Opensuse — versions 10.3, 11.0, 11.1
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 5.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_eus — versions 5.2
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 5.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation — versions 5.0
- Suse Linux_enterprise_server — versions 10, 11
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)