CVE-2019-8934 Information disclosure in n/a
A guest virtual machine can read sensitive system identification attributes from the host hypervisor via shared device tree nodes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-8934?
CVE-2019-8934 is a low-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 17 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
hw/ppc/spapr.c in QEMU through 3.1.0 allows Information Exposure because the hypervisor shares the /proc/device-tree/system-id and /proc/device-tree/model system attributes with a guest.
Weakness: CWE-668
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-8934?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Opensuse Leap, Qemu Qemu.
How do I fix CVE-2019-8934?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2019-8934 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-8934 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Leap
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-8934, GHSA-wcm6-f8w6-w5fj, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8934.