MGASA-2013-0235

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    MGASA-2013-0235

    Published: 26 Jul 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-2231

    Summary: Updated qemu package fixes CVE-2013-2231

    Details: Updated qemu packages fix security vulnerability: An unquoted search path flaw was found in the way the QEMU Guest Agent service installation was performed on Windows. Depending on the permissions of the directories in the unquoted search path, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to have a binary of their choosing executed with SYSTEM privileges (CVE-2013-2231).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0235.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1100.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10829

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/qemu?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.0-8.2.mga3

    Affected versions

    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