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CVE-2012-2652

Published: 18 June 2012

The bdrv_open function in Qemu 1.0 does not properly handle the failure of the mkstemp function, when in snapshot node, which allows local users to overwrite or read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid
Released (0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.19)
natty
Released (0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu4.6)
oneiric
Released (0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.4)
precise
Released (1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.1)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
other: http://marc.info/?l=qemu-devel&m=133819025731504&w=2
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git;a=commit;h=eba25057b9a5e19d10ace2bc7716667a31297169
This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of symlink restrictions in Ubuntu.