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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16867
A flaw was found in qemu Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) before version 3.1.0. A path traversal in the in usb_mtp_write_data function in hw/usb/dev-mtp....
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A flaw was found in qemu Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) before version 3.1.0. A path traversal in the in usb_mtp_write_data function in hw/usb/dev-mtp.c due to an improper filename sanitization. When the guest device is mounted in read-write mode, this allows to read/write arbitrary files which may lead do DoS scenario OR possibly lead to code execution on the host.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
qemu
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.1+dfsg-1"}]}]
Debian:13
qemu
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.1+dfsg-1"}]}]
Debian:14
qemu
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.1+dfsg-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org