CVE-2012-2652

Published: Aug 7, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

4.4

Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

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 (1)

Products: Qemu: Qemu

Qemu

1 product

Qemu

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Qemu Qemu	Version 1.0

References (16)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eba25057b9a5e19d10ace2bc7716667a31297169

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git%3Ba=log

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00024.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/50132

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50689

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2545

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53725

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1522-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eba25057b9a5e19d10ace2bc7716667a31297169