CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-2652

Published: Aug 07, 2012 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.6 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The bdrv_open function in Qemu 1.0 does not properly handle the failure of the mkstemp function, when in snapshot node, which allows local users to overwrite or read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Qemu Qemu 1.0 (including) 1.0 (including)
Kvm Ubuntu hardy *
Qemu Ubuntu hardy *
Qemu-kvm Ubuntu lucid *
Qemu-kvm Ubuntu natty *
Qemu-kvm Ubuntu oneiric *
Qemu-kvm Ubuntu precise *

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