CVE-2008-2004

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    CVE-2008-2004

    Published: 12 May 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The drive_init function in QEMU 0.9.1 determines the format of a raw disk image based on the header, which allows local guest users to read arbitrary files on the host by modifying the header to identify a different format, which is used when the guest is restarted.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/29129, http://secunia.com/advisories/29963, http://secunia.com/advisories/30111, http://secunia.com/advisories/30717, http://secunia.com/advisories/35062, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-04/msg00675.html, http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=4277, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29101, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42268, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11021

    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
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