DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9602

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9602
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9602.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9602
Upstream
Published
2018-04-26T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:22Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Qemu before version 2.9 is vulnerable to an improper link following when built with the VirtFS. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to access host file system beyond the shared folder and potentially escalating their privileges on a host.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / qemu

Package

Name
qemu
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/qemu?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.8+dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / qemu

Package

Name
qemu
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/qemu?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.8+dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / qemu

Package

Name
qemu
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/qemu?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.8+dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / qemu

Package

Name
qemu
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/qemu?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.8+dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}