| Name | CVE-2018-16867 |
| Description | A flaw was found in qemu Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) before version 3.1.0. A path traversal in the in usb_mtp_write_data function in hw/usb/dev-mtp.c due to an improper filename sanitization. When the guest device is mounted in read-write mode, this allows to read/write arbitrary files which may lead do DoS scenario OR possibly lead to code execution on the host. |
| 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) |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: local) |
| Debian Bugs | 915884 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu (PTS) | jessie | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u6 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u10 | fixed | |
| stretch (security), stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 1:3.1+dfsg-7 | 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) | 1:3.1+dfsg-1 | medium | 915884 | |
| qemu | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| qemu | source | stretch | (not affected) | |||
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | medium |
[stretch] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[jessie] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-12/msg00390.html
https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=c52d46e041b42bb1ee6f692e00a0abe37a9659f6 (master)
vulnerable code introduced in
https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=88d5f381ecb2d2828fd77676572ff9a99da699fb