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CVE-2017-15038

Date: October 9, 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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15038
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15038
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-15038
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg00729.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/06/1
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-15038

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CWE-362

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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