CVE - CVE-2008-2004

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-2004	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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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BID:29101 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29101 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 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 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11021 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11021 REDHAT:RHSA-2008:0194 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html SECUNIA:29129 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/29129 SECUNIA:29963 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/29963 SECUNIA:30111 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30111 SECUNIA:30717 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 SECUNIA:35062 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35062 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 XF:qemu-driveinit-security-bypass(42268) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42268
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080428	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 (20080428)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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