CVE-2008-1945

Low

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.1
Exploit probability—
ProductQemu
PublishedAug 8, 2008
First seenAug 8, 2008

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
qemu qemu0.9.0—
opensuse opensuse10.3, 11.0, 11.1—
suse linux_enterprise_server10, 11—
debian debian_linux4.0, 5.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux8.04, 8.10—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop5.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_eus5.2—
redhat enterprise_linux_server5.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation5.0—

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