CVE-2008-1945

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.

References

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0892.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9905

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3