| Name | CVE-2017-8284 |
| Description | The disas_insn function in target/i386/translate.c in QEMU before 2.9.0, when TCG mode without hardware acceleration is used, does not limit the instruction size, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a modified basic block that injects code into a setuid program, as demonstrated by procmail. NOTE: the vendor has stated "this bug does not violate any security guarantees QEMU makes. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u23 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u17 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u19 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1:9.2.0+ds-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:2.10.0-1 | unimportant | ||
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant |
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=30663fd26c0307e414622c7a8607fbc04f92ec14
qemu issue without security implication per upstream