CVE-2017-15038
medium
CVSS v3
5.6
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.6
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
56%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.10.0+dfsg-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.10.0+dfsg-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.10.0+dfsg-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.10.0+dfsg-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.10.0+dfsg-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | {"endIncluding":"2.9.1"} | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/06/1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg00729.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15038.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15038
CWEs
CWE-362
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.