CVE-2019-13164
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 3, 2019 at 01:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:16 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLeap
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
qemu-bridge-helper.c in QEMU 3.1 and 4.0.0 does not ensure that a network interface name (obtained from bridge.conf or a --br=bridge option) is limited to the IFNAMSIZ size, which can lead to an ACL bypass.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00008.html
- https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/03d7712b4bcd47bfe0fe14ba2fffa87e111fa086
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-07/msg00145.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-66
References (14)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00008.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/02/2x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/03d7712b4bcd47bfe0fe14ba2fffa87e111fa086Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00021.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-07/msg00145.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/41CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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