Description
qemu-make-debian-root in qemu 0.9.1-5 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files and directories.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | qemu | 0.9.1-6 | — |
| Debian 13 | qemu | 0.9.1-6 | — |
| Debian 12 | qemu | 0.9.1-6 | — |
| Debian 4.0 | qemu | 0.8.2-4etch2 | DSA-1657-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1657-1 qemu - denial of service Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- DSA-1657 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire mailing-list
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496394
- qemu-qemumakedebianroot-symlink(44831) vdb-entry
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235826
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- 32335 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081013 CVE id request: qemu mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20081014 Re: CVE id request: qemu mailing-list
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/qemu
- 30931 vdb-entry