Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201816872000
Revision Date:2018-12-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-16872 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description:A flaw was found in qemu Media Transfer Protocol (MTP). The code opening files in usb_mtp_get_object and usb_mtp_get_partial_object and directories in usb_mtp_object_readdir doesn't consider that the underlying filesystem may have changed since the time lstat(2) was called in usb_mtp_object_alloc, a classical TOCTTOU problem. An attacker with write access to the host filesystem shared with a guest can use this property to navigate the host filesystem in the context of the QEMU process and read any file the QEMU process has access to. Access to the filesystem may be local or via a network share protocol such as CIFS.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-16872
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'qemu' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'code not present').
  • BACK