CVE-2017-15038

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-15038
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-10 01:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-09-07 10:29:00 UTC
DescriptionRace 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] 9pfs: use g_malloc0 to allocate space for xattr MLIST lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3575-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org
oss-security - CVE-2017-15038 Qemu: 9p: virtfs: information disclosure when reading extended attributes MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4213-1 qemu DEBIAN www.debian.org
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