CVE-2019-12929

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-12929  

Impact: Low Public Date: 2019-06-06 CWE: CWE-78 Bugzilla: 1724809: CVE-2019-12929 qemu: QEMU guest agent guest_exec command execution The QMP guest_exec command in QEMU 4.0.0 and earlier is prone to OS command injection, which allows the attacker to achieve code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure by sending a crafted QMP command to the listening server.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The QMP guest_exec command in QEMU 4.0.0 and earlier is prone to OS command injection, which allows the attacker to achieve code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure by sending a crafted QMP command to the listening server.

Find out more about CVE-2019-12929 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) is for administrative control of QEMU instances. It must not be exposed to unprivileged users.

CVSS v3 metrics

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

CVSS3 Base Score 9.8
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 qemu-kvm-rhev Under investigation
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 (Rocky) qemu-kvm-rhev Under investigation
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens) qemu-kvm-rhev Under investigation
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 qemu-kvm-rhev Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 qemu-kvm-rhev Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 qemu-kvm Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-kvm-rhev Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-kvm Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-kvm-ma Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-kvm Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xen Under investigation