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CVE-2016-7116

Published: 31 August 2016

Directory traversal vulnerability in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to access host files outside the export path via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified string.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.0

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6)
yakkety
Released (1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.1)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=917e9a9816f34787391059c89ba5fb770fe22028
upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=b5191b2df7dc92a7a4f7fb4d18c37cf8aae38894
upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=85d0a53c583656e5e37a8317f9119933c796847f
upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=5e2c6fe7cc5314c13d96069328b603c40dc12b41
qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.31)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.0
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N