CVE-2023-1386
Published: 24 July 2023
A flaw was found in the 9p passthrough filesystem (9pfs) implementation in QEMU. When a local user in the guest writes an executable file with SUID or SGID, none of these privileged bits are correctly dropped. As a result, in rare circumstances, this flaw could be used by malicious users in the guest to elevate their privileges within the guest and help a host local user to elevate privileges on the host.
Notes
| Author | Note |
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Priority reason: Low severity issue, guest user could help host user escalate privileges |
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| mdeslaur | as of 2024-04-15, there is no upstream fix for this issue |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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qemu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Deferred
(2024-04-15)
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| focal |
Deferred
(2024-04-15)
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| jammy |
Deferred
(2024-04-15)
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| kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was deferred [2024-04-15])
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| lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was deferred [2024-04-15])
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| mantic |
Deferred
(2024-04-15)
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| noble |
Deferred
(2024-04-15)
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| trusty |
Deferred
(2024-04-15)
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| upstream |
Needs triage
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| xenial |
Deferred
(2024-04-15)
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |