CVE-2008-1945

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    CVE-2008-1945

    Published: 8 Aug 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: QEMU 0.9.0 does not properly handle changes to removable media, which allows guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS by using the diskformat: parameter in the -usbdevice option to modify the disk-image header to identify a different format, a related issue to CVE-2008-2004.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/32063, http://secunia.com/advisories/32088, http://secunia.com/advisories/34642, http://secunia.com/advisories/35031, http://secunia.com/advisories/35062, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30604, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020959, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44269, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9905, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0892.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High