Important: qemu-kvm security update

2024-07-0200:00:00

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osv.dev

qemu-kvm

virtualization

security update

cve-2024-4467

linux

kvm

qemu-img info

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.8%

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Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM.

Security Fix(es):

qemu-kvm: QEMU: ‘qemu-img info’ leads to host file read/write (CVE-2024-4467)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.