Description
The qemu guest agent in Qemu 1.4.1 and earlier, as used by Xen, when started in daemon mode, uses weak permissions for certain files, which allows local users to read and write to these files.
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.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | qemu-img +4 | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 | RHSA-2013:0896 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | xen | 4.7.0_12-1.3 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2013:0896 Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1 xen-4.7.0_12-1.3 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
References
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1202 vendor-advisory
- 93032 vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956082
- 1028521 vdb-entry
- 59675 vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20130506 Xen Security Advisory 51 (CVE-2013-2007) - qemu guest agent (qga) insecure file permissions mailing-list
- 53325 third-party-advisory
- qemu-cve20132007-priv-esc(84047) vdb-entry
- RHSA-2013:0791 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:0896 vendor-advisory
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c689b4f1bac352dcfd6ecb9a1d45337de0f1de67