Upstream information

CVE-2017-8284 at MITRE

Description

** DISPUTED ** 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."

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.9
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7 4.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity High Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High Low
Integrity Impact High Low
Availability Impact High Low
CVSSv3 Version 3 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1160901 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS freetype2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 freetype2 Released
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 freetype2 Already fixed
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL qemu Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 qemu Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 freetype2 Released
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 qemu Won't fix
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2 kvm Not affected
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 kvm Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 freetype2 Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 qemu Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 qemu Not affected
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 qemu Unsupported
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 freetype2 Released
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 qemu Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 freetype2 Released
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 qemu Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 freetype2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 freetype2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 freetype2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SAP Enterprise Search kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 qemu Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP2 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 freetype2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 SP2 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 freetype2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS freetype2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS freetype2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS firefox-freetype2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS freetype2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS firefox-freetype2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 freetype2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 freetype2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS freetype2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS qemu Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL qemu Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS qemu Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 freetype2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 freetype2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 qemu Won't fix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 freetype2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 freetype2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 qemu Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 kvm Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 qemu Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 freetype2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 freetype2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 freetype2 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 qemu Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 qemu Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 qemu Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 qemu Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 qemu Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 qemu Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 qemu Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 qemu Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 freetype2 Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 qemu Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 freetype2 Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 qemu Won't fix
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 freetype2 Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 qemu Won't fix
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 freetype2 Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 qemu Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 freetype2 Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 qemu Won't fix
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 freetype2 Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 qemu Not affected
SUSE Studio Extension for System z 1.2 kvm Not affected
SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 qemu Ignore
Container Status
suse/sles/15.2/virt-launcher:0.38.1
suse/sles/15.3/libguestfs-tools:0.45.0
suse/sles/15.3/virt-launcher:0.45.0
qemuNot affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Apr 27 05:29:55 2017
CVE page last modified: Thu Feb 22 16:42:01 2024