CVE - CVE-2008-1945

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-1945	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
QEMU 0.9.0 does not properly handle changes to removable media, which allows guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS by using the diskformat: parameter in the -usbdevice option to modify the disk-image header to identify a different format, a related issue to CVE-2008-2004.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:1020959 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020959 MISC:30604 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30604 MISC:32063 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32063 MISC:32088 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32088 MISC:34642 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 MISC:35031 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35031 MISC:35062 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35062 MISC:DSA-1799 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799 MISC:MDVSA-2008:162 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2008:0892 URL:https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0892.html MISC:SUSE-SR:2009:008 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html MISC:USN-776-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9905 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9905 MISC:qemu-image-security-bypass(44269) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44269
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20080424	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 (20080424)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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