CVE-2019-13164

Summary

CVECVE-2019-13164
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-03 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-06 19:51:00 UTC
Descriptionqemu-bridge-helper.c in QEMU 3.1 and 4.0.0 does not ensure that a network interface name (obtained from bridge.conf or a --br=bridge option) is limited to the IFNAMSIZ size, which can lead to an ACL bypass.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 3.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 4.0.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 4.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1927-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4512-1] qemu security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/3] qemu-bridge-helper: restrict interface name MISC lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4506-1 qemu DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - CVE-2019-13164 Qemu: qemu-bridge-helper ACL bypassed with long interface names MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2041-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Qemu VM CVE-2019-13164 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
qemu-bridge-helper: restrict interface name to IFNAMSIZ · qemu/qemu@03d7712 · GitHub MISC github.com
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4506-1] qemu security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2059-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-66) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
USN-4191-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4512-1 qemu DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-4191-2: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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