Upstream information

CVE-2011-2527 at MITRE

Description

The change_process_uid function in os-posix.c in Qemu 0.14.0 and earlier does not properly drop group privileges when the -runas option is used, which allows local guest users to access restricted files on the host.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 2.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 705304 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Studio Onsite Runner 1.2
  • kvm >= 0.12.5-1.20.2
 Patchnames:
slestso12-kvm

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 kvm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SAP Enterprise Search kvm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kvm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS kvm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS kvm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 kvm Released
SUSE Studio Extension for System z 1.2 kvm Released
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Studio Onsite Runner 1.2 kvm Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 08:20:23 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 15:36:20 2024