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CVE-2016-9103

Published: 31 October 2016

The v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host heap memory information by reading xattribute values before writing to them.

Priority

Medium

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=eb687602853b4ae656e9236ee4222609f3a6887d
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