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CVE-2017-15038 (GCVE-0-2017-15038)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-09 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:42
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Summary
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.
Severity
5.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/201… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/06/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2017-10-04 00:00
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