CVE-2019-8934 Information disclosure in n/a

Low 3.3 Published Updated

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.

All Opensuse Leap vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-8934, GHSA-wcm6-f8w6-w5fj, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8934.

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