CVE - CVE-2016-9103

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-9103	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host heap memory information by reading xattribute values before writing to them.
References
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MISC:93955 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93955 MISC:GLSA-201611-11 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11 MISC:[debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html MISC:[oss-security] 20161028 CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: information leakage via xattribute URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/28/1 MISC:[oss-security] 20161030 Re: CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: information leakage via xattribute URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/7 MISC:[qemu-devel] 20161010 Re: [PATCH 1/2] 9pfs: fix information leak in xattr read URL:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg01790.html MISC:http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb687602853b4ae656e9236ee4222609f3a6887d URL:http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb687602853b4ae656e9236ee4222609f3a6887d
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20161028	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161028)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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