CVE-2023-5088

CVE Details

Release Date:2023-09-21

Description


A bug in QEMU could cause a guest I/O operation otherwise addressed to an arbitrary disk offset to be targeted to offset 0 instead (potentially overwriting the VM's boot code). This could be used, for example, by L2 guests with a virtual disk (vdiskL2) stored on a virtual disk of an L1 (vdiskL1) hypervisor to read and/or write data to LBA 0 of vdiskL1, potentially gaining control of L1 at its next reboot.

See more information about CVE-2023-5088 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v3.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 6.4 Base Metrics: AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector: Local network Attack Complexity: High
Privileges Required: High User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality Impact: High
Integrity Impact: High Availability Impact: High

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (hivex)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (libguestfs)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (libguestfs-winsupport)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (libiscsi)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (libnbd)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (libtpms)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (libvirt)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (libvirt-dbus)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (libvirt-python)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (nbdkit)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (netcf)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (perl-Sys-Virt)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (qemu-kvm)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (seabios)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (sgabios)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (supermin)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (swtpm)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (virt-v2v)ELSA-2024-122762024-04-10
Oracle Linux version 9 (qemu-kvm)ELSA-2024-21352024-05-02



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