| Name | CVE-2017-15038 |
| Description | Race condition in the v9fs_xattrwalk function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host heap memory via vectors related to reading extended attributes. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1128-1, DLA-1129-1, DLA-1497-1, DSA-4213-1 |
| NVD severity | low (attack range: local) |
| Debian Bugs | 877890 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu (PTS) | jessie | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u6 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u11 | fixed | |
| stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u8 | fixed | |
| buster | 1:3.1+dfsg-8~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 1:3.1+dfsg-8 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:2.10.0+dfsg-2 | low | 877890 | |
| qemu | source | jessie | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u7 | low | DLA-1497-1 | |
| qemu | source | stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u4 | low | DSA-4213-1 | |
| qemu | source | wheezy | 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u24 | low | DLA-1129-1 | |
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | ||
| qemu-kvm | source | wheezy | 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u24 | low | DLA-1128-1 |
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-10/msg00729.html