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CVE-2017-15038

Published: 9 October 2017

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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.6

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (1:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu3.5)
bionic Not vulnerable
(1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1)
disco Not vulnerable
(1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1)
focal Not vulnerable
(1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1)
trusty
Released (2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.39)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.22)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=7bd92756303f2158a68d5166264dc30139b813b6
qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.6
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N