CVE - CVE-2008-2004

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-2004	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
Description
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.
References
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MLIST:[Qemu-devel] 20080428 [4277] add format= to drive options (CVE-2008-2004) URL:http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-04/msg00675.html CONFIRM:http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=4277 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2008:162 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162 REDHAT:RHSA-2008:0194 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html SUSE:SUSE-SR:2008:013 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html UBUNTU:USN-776-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1 BID:29101 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29101 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11021 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11021 SECUNIA:30111 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30111 SECUNIA:29963 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/29963 SECUNIA:30717 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 SECUNIA:29129 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/29129 SECUNIA:35062 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35062 XF:qemu-driveinit-security-bypass(42268) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42268
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Date Entry Created
20080428	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20080428)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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