FKIE_CVE-2012-2652

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-08-07 20:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:41
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eba25057b9a5e19d10ace2bc7716667a31297169
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git%3Ba=log
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00024.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50132Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50689
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2545
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53725
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1522-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eba25057b9a5e19d10ace2bc7716667a31297169
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git%3Ba=log
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00024.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50132Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50689
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2545
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53725
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1522-1
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
qemu qemu 1.0
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