CVE-2008-2004 (GCVE-0-2008-2004)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-12 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:41
VLAI?
Summary
The drive_init function in QEMU 0.9.1 determines the format of a raw disk image based on the header, which allows local guest users to read arbitrary files on the host by modifying the header to identify a different format, which is used when the guest is restarted.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/35062 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-01… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29101 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/29963 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/29129 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/30111 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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