| Name | CVE-2020-35517 |
| Description | A flaw was found in qemu. A host privilege escalation issue was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon where a privileged guest user is able to create a device special file in the shared directory and use it to r/w access host devices. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 980814 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| qemu (PTS) | bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u12 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:10.0.0~rc3+ds-2 | fixed |
| sid | 1:10.0.0+ds-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| qemu | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:5.2+dfsg-5 | | | 980814 |
Notes
[buster] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[stretch] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-01/msg05461.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/22/1