VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-9103

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.

MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 0.39%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 6.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-200
Affected: qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb687602853b4ae656e9236ee4222609f3a6887d
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/28/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93955Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg01790.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb687602853b4ae656e9236ee4222609f3a6887d
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/28/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93955Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg01790.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.