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LIN9-7057 : Security Advisory - qemu - CVE-2017-7493

Created: Jun 29, 2018    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Jul 5, 2018
Found In Version: 9.0.0.16
Fix Version: 9.0.0.17
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 9
Component/s: Userspace

Description

Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an improper access control issue. It could occur while accessing virtfs metadata files in mapped-file security mode. A guest user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges inside guest.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7493

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