Vulnerability CVE-2008-1945
Published: 2008-08-08   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-200

 (Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
None
None
Affected software
Mandriva -> QEMU 

 References:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0892.html
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44269
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020959
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30604
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799
http://secunia.com/advisories/35062
http://secunia.com/advisories/35031
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
http://secunia.com/advisories/32088
http://secunia.com/advisories/32063
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9905
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
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