CVE-2016-9103 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Qemu

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure10 documents7 sources
Severity
6.0MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.69%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
QemuDebian QemuDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 9
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host heap memory information by reading xattribute values before writing to them.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.5 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:2.8+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.8+dfsg-1+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30+1
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.7.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-fccr-xcx6-vcvx: The v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-9103: The v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p↗2016-12-09
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities↗2016-11-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2016-11-09
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Red Hat
Qemu: 9pfs: information leakage via xattr↗2016-10-08
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Debian
CVE-2016-9103: qemu - The v9fs_xattrcreate function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allow...↗2016
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9103 Qemu: 9pfs: information leakage via xattr [fedora-all]↗2016-10-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9103 Qemu: 9pfs: information leakage via xattr↗2016-10-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9103 xen: Qemu: 9pfs: information leakage via xattr [fedora-all]↗2016-10-28
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