CVE-2008-1945

qemu/kvm/xen: add image format options for USB storage and removable media

Published Aug 8, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1799-1 New qemu packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-1944 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-776-1 KVM vulnerabilities
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