CVE - CVE-2017-15038

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-15038	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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DEBIAN:DSA-4213 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213 MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20171006 CVE-2017-15038 Qemu: 9p: virtfs: information disclosure when reading extended attributes URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/06/1 MLIST:[qemu-devel] 20171004 Re: [PATCH] 9pfs: use g_malloc0 to allocate space for xattr URL:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg00729.html UBUNTU:USN-3575-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20171005	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 (20171005)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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