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CVE-2011-2527

Published: 26 July 2011

The change_process_uid function in os-posix.c in Qemu 0.14.0 and earlier does not properly drop group privileges when the -runas option is used, which allows local guest users to access restricted files on the host.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
potential privilege escalation via supplementary groups

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

hardy Does not exist

lucid
Released (0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.15)
maverick
Released (0.12.5+noroms-0ubuntu7.10)
natty
Released (0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu4.4)
Patches:
vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2282