CVE-2008-1945
N/A
Published: August 8, 2008 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC
9 products affected across 6 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
QEMU 0.9.0 does not properly handle changes to removable media, which allows guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS by using the diskformat: parameter in the -usbdevice option to modify the disk-image header to identify a different format, a related issue to CVE-2008-2004.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (14)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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