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CVE-2020-7211

tftp.c in libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, does not prevent ..\ directory traversal on...

7.5 HighFix available

tftp.c in libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, does not prevent ..\ directory traversal on Windows.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

4.19%Down 4.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

tftp.c in libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, does not prevent ..\ directory traversal on Windows.

Record
CVE-2020-7211
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

tftp.c in libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, does not prevent ..\ directory traversal on Windows.

Record
CVE-2020-7211
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28344 No score

tftp.c in libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, does not prevent ..\ directory traversal on Windows.

Record
EUVD-2020-28344
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g6ww-98w5-h2gm No score

tftp.c in libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, does not prevent ..\ directory traversal on...

tftp.c in libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, does not prevent ..\ directory traversal on Windows.

Record
GHSA-g6ww-98w5-h2gm
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

tftp.c in libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, does not prevent ..\ directory traversal on Windows.

Record
CVE-2020-7211
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-7211 7.5

tftp.c in libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, does not prevent ..\ directory traversal on Windows.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7211
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVRHBA-2020:0390 7.5

Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.1 packages update

Record
RHBA-2020:0390
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:0334-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-7211: potential directory traversal using relative paths via tftp server on Windows host (bsc#1161181).
  • CVE-2019-19579: Device quarantine for alternate pci assignment methods (bsc#1157888).
  • CVE-2019-19581: find_next_bit() issues (bsc#1158003).
  • CVE-2019-19583: VMentry failure with debug exceptions and blocked states (bsc#1158004).
  • CVE-2019-19578: Linear pagetable use / entry miscounts (bsc#1158005).
  • CVE-2019-19580: Further issues with restartable PV type change operations (bsc#1158006).
  • CVE-2019-19577: dynamic height for the IOMMU pagetables (bsc#1158007).
  • CVE-2019-18420: VCPUOP_initialise DoS (bsc#1154448).
  • CVE-2019-18425: missing descriptor table limit checking in x86 PV emulation (bsc#1154456).
  • CVE-2019-18421: Issues with restartable PV type change operations (bsc#1154458).
  • CVE-2019-18424: passed through PCI devices may corrupt host memory after deassignment (bsc#1154461).
  • CVE-2018-12207: Machine Check Error Avoidance on Page Size Change (aka IFU issue) (bsc#1155945).
  • CVE-2019-11135: TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA) issue (bsc#1152497).
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:0334-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:0388-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2018-12207: Fixed a race condition where untrusted virtual machines could have been using the Instruction Fetch Unit of the Intel CPU to cause a Machine Exception during Page Size Change, causing the CPU core to be non-functional (bsc#1155945 XSA-304).
  • CVE-2018-19965: Fixed a DoS from attempting to use INVPCID with a non-canonical addresses (bsc#1115045 XSA-279).
  • CVE-2019-11135: Aborting an asynchronous TSX operation on Intel CPUs with Transactional Memory support could be used to facilitate side-channel information leaks out of microarchitectural buffers, similar to the previously described 'Microarchitectural Data Sampling' attack. (bsc#1152497 XSA-305).
  • CVE-2019-12067: Fixed a null pointer dereference in QEMU AHCI (bsc#1145652).
  • CVE-2019-12068: Fixed an infinite loop while executing script (bsc#1146874).
  • CVE-2019-12155: Fixed a null pointer dereference while releasing spice resources (bsc#1135905).
  • CVE-2019-14378: Fixed a heap buffer overflow during packet reassembly in slirp networking implementation (bsc#1143797).
  • CVE-2019-15890: Fixed a use-after-free during packet reassembly (bsc#1149813).
  • CVE-2019-17340: Fixed grant table transfer issues on large hosts (XSA-284 bsc#1126140).
  • CVE-2019-17341: Fixed a race with pass-through device hotplug (XSA-285 bsc#1126141).
  • CVE-2019-17342: Fixed steal_page violating page_struct access discipline (XSA-287 bsc#1126192).
  • CVE-2019-17343: Fixed an inconsistent PV IOMMU discipline (XSA-288 bsc#1126195).
  • CVE-2019-17344: Fixed a missing preemption in x86 PV page table unvalidation (XSA-290 bsc#1126196).
  • CVE-2019-17347: Fixed a PV kernel context switch corruption (XSA-293 bsc#1126201).
  • CVE-2019-18420: Fixed a hypervisor crash that could be caused by malicious x86 PV guests, resulting in a denial of service (bsc#1154448 XSA-296).
  • CVE-2019-18421: Fixed a privilege escalation through malicious PV guest administrators (bsc#1154458 XSA-299).
  • CVE-2019-18424: Fixed a privilege escalation through DMA to physical devices by untrusted domains (bsc#1154461 XSA-302).
  • CVE-2019-18425: Fixed a privilege escalation from 32-bit PV guest used mode (bsc#1154456 XSA-298).
  • CVE-2019-19577: Fixed an issue where a malicious guest administrator could have caused Xen to access data structures while they are being modified leading to a crash (bsc#1158007 XSA-311).
  • CVE-2019-19578: Fixed an issue where a malicious or buggy PV guest could have caused hypervisor crash resulting in denial of service affecting the entire host (bsc#1158005 XSA-309).
  • CVE-2019-19579: Fixed a privilege escalation where an untrusted domain with access to a physical device can DMA into host memory (bsc#1157888 XSA-306).
  • CVE-2019-19580: Fixed a privilege escalation where a malicious PV guest administrator could have been able to escalate their privilege to that of the host (bsc#1158006 XSA-310).
  • CVE-2019-19581: Fixed a potential out of bounds on 32-bit Arm (bsc#1158003 XSA-307).
  • CVE-2019-19583: Fixed improper checks which could have allowed HVM/PVH guest userspace code to crash the guest, leading to a guest denial of service (bsc#1158004 XSA-308).
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:0388-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1138-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2020-11742: Bad continuation handling in GNTTABOP_copy (bsc#1169392).
  • CVE-2020-11740, CVE-2020-11741: xen: XSA-313 multiple xenoprof issues (bsc#1168140).
  • CVE-2020-11739: Missing memory barriers in read-write unlock paths (bsc#1168142).
  • CVE-2020-11743: Bad error path in GNTTABOP_map_grant (bsc#1168143).
  • CVE-2020-7211: Fixed potential directory traversal using relative paths via tftp server on Windows host (bsc#1161181).
  • arm: a CPU may speculate past the ERET instruction (bsc#1160932).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Xenstored Crashed during VM install (bsc#1167152)
  • DomU hang: soft lockup CPU #0 stuck under high load (bsc#1165206, bsc#1134506)
  • Update API compatibility versions, fixes issues for libvirt. (bsc#1167007, bsc#1157490)
  • aacraid blocks xen commands (bsc#1155200)
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1138-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1139-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen to version 4.12.2 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2020-11742: Bad continuation handling in GNTTABOP_copy (bsc#1169392).
  • CVE-2020-11740, CVE-2020-11741: xen: XSA-313 multiple xenoprof issues (bsc#1168140).
  • CVE-2020-11739: Missing memory barriers in read-write unlock paths (bsc#1168142).
  • CVE-2020-11743: Bad error path in GNTTABOP_map_grant (bsc#1168143).
  • CVE-2020-7211: Fixed potential directory traversal using relative paths via tftp server on Windows host (bsc#1161181).
  • arm: a CPU may speculate past the ERET instruction (bsc#1160932).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Xenstored Crashed during VM install (bsc#1167152)
  • DomU hang: soft lockup CPU #0 stuck under high load (bsc#1165206, bsc#1134506)
  • Update API compatibility versions, fixes issues for libvirt. (bsc#1167007, bsc#1157490)
  • aacraid blocks xen commands (bsc#1155200)
  • Problems Booting Fedora31 VM on sles15 sp1 Xen Dom0 (bsc#1162040).
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1139-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:14444-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

  • bsc#1174543 - secure boot related fixes
  • bsc#1163019 - CVE-2020-8608: potential OOB access due to unsafe snprintf() usages
  • bsc#1169392 - CVE-2020-11742: Bad continuation handling in GNTTABOP_copy
  • bsc#1168140 - CVE-2020-11740, CVE-2020-11741: multiple xenoprof issues
  • bsc#1161181 - CVE-2020-7211: potential directory traversal using relative paths via tftp server on Windows host
  • bsc#1157888 - CVE-2019-19579: Device quarantine for alternate pci assignment methods
  • bsc#1158004 - CVE-2019-19583: VMX: VMentry failure with debug exceptions and blocked states
  • bsc#1158005 - CVE-2019-19578: Linear pagetable use / entry miscounts
  • bsc#1158006 - CVE-2019-19580: Further issues with restartable PV type change operations
  • bsc#1158007 - CVE-2019-19577: dynamic height for the IOMMU pagetables
  • bsc#1154448 - CVE-2019-18420: VCPUOP_initialise DoS
  • bsc#1154456 - CVE-2019-18425: missing descriptor table limit checking in x86 PV emulation
  • bsc#1154458 - CVE-2019-18421: Issues with restartable PV type change operations
  • bsc#1154461 - CVE-2019-18424: passed through PCI devices may corrupt host memory after deassignment
  • bsc#1155945 - CVE-2018-12207: Machine Check Error Avoidance on Page Size Change (aka IFU issue)
  • bsc#1152497 - CVE-2019-11135: TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA) issue
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:14444-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:14448-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

  • bsc#1174543 - secure boot related fixes
  • bsc#1163019 - CVE-2020-8608: potential OOB access due to unsafe snprintf() usages
  • bsc#1169392 - CVE-2020-11742: Bad continuation handling in GNTTABOP_copy
  • bsc#1168140 - CVE-2020-11740, CVE-2020-11741: multiple xenoprof issues
  • bsc#1161181 - CVE-2020-7211: potential directory traversal using relative paths via tftp server on Windows host
  • bsc#1154456 - CVE-2019-18425: missing descriptor table limit checking in x86 PV emulation
  • bsc#1154458 - CVE-2019-18421: Issues with restartable PV type change operations
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:14448-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1630-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-0543: Fixed a side channel attack against special registers which could have resulted in leaking of read values to cores other than the one which called it. This attack is known as Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) or 'CrossTalk' (bsc#1172205).
  • CVE-2020-11742: Bad continuation handling in GNTTABOP_copy (bsc#1169392).
  • CVE-2020-11740, CVE-2020-11741: xen: XSA-313 multiple xenoprof issues (bsc#1168140).
  • CVE-2020-11739: Missing memory barriers in read-write unlock paths (bsc#1168142).
  • CVE-2019-19583: Fixed improper checks which could have allowed HVM/PVH guest userspace code to crash the guest, leading to a guest denial of service (bsc#1158004 XSA-308).
  • CVE-2019-19581: Fixed a potential out of bounds on 32-bit Arm (bsc#1158003 XSA-307).
  • CVE-2019-19580: Fixed a privilege escalation where a malicious PV guest administrator could have been able to escalate their privilege to that of the host (bsc#1158006 XSA-310).
  • CVE-2019-19579: Fixed a privilege escalation where an untrusted domain with access to a physical device can DMA into host memory (bsc#1157888 XSA-306).
  • CVE-2019-19578: Fixed an issue where a malicious or buggy PV guest could have caused hypervisor crash resulting in denial of service affecting the entire host (bsc#1158005 XSA-309).
  • CVE-2019-19577: Fixed an issue where a malicious guest administrator could have caused Xen to access data structures while they are being modified leading to a crash (bsc#1158007 XSA-311).
  • Xenstored Crashed during VM install (bsc#1167152)
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1630-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libslirp
Debian:12
before 4.3.1-1
4.3.1-1
libslirp
Debian:13
before 4.3.1-1
4.3.1-1
libslirp
Debian:14
before 4.3.1-1
4.3.1-1
cri-o
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:1.16.2-13.dev.rhaos4.3.gita83f883.el7
0:1.16.2-13.dev.rhaos4.3.gita83f883.el7
openshift
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.0.331f390.el7
0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.0.331f390.el7
openshift-clients
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.1.075d46a.el7
0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.1.075d46a.el7
openshift-clients-redistributable
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.1.075d46a.el7
0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.1.075d46a.el7
openshift-hyperkube
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.0.331f390.el7
0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.0.331f390.el7
cri-o
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el8
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:1.16.2-15.dev.rhaos4.3.gita83f883.el8
0:1.16.2-15.dev.rhaos4.3.gita83f883.el8
openshift
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el8
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.0.331f390.el8
0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.0.331f390.el8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openshift-clients
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el8
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.1.075d46a.el8
0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.1.075d46a.el8
openshift-clients-redistributable
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el8
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.1.075d46a.el8
0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.1.075d46a.el8
openshift-hyperkube
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el8
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.0.331f390.el8
0:4.3.1-202001310552.git.0.331f390.el8
slirp4netns
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el8
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:0.4.2-3.git21fdece.el8
0:0.4.2-3.git21fdece.el8
slirp4netns-debuginfo
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el8
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:0.4.2-3.git21fdece.el8
0:0.4.2-3.git21fdece.el8
slirp4netns-debugsource
Red Hat:openshift:4.3::el8
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:0.4.2-3.git21fdece.el8
0:0.4.2-3.git21fdece.el8
xen
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
before 4.7.6_06-43.59.1
4.7.6_06-43.59.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
before 4.7.6_06-43.59.1
4.7.6_06-43.59.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
before 4.7.6_06-43.59.1
4.7.6_06-43.59.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
before 4.7.6_06-43.59.1
4.7.6_06-43.59.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 4.5.5_28-22.64.1
4.5.5_28-22.64.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 4.5.5_28-22.64.1
4.5.5_28-22.64.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.11.3_04-2.23.1
4.11.3_04-2.23.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.11.3_04-2.23.1
4.11.3_04-2.23.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.11.3_04-2.23.1
4.11.3_04-2.23.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.12.2_04-3.11.1
4.12.2_04-3.11.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.12.2_04-3.11.1
4.12.2_04-3.11.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.12.2_04-3.11.1
4.12.2_04-3.11.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
From an advisory covering 16 CVEs
before 4.4.4_42-61.52.1
4.4.4_42-61.52.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 4.2.5_22-45.36.1
4.2.5_22-45.36.1
xen
SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 4.9.4_06-3.62.1
4.9.4_06-3.62.1
xen
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 4.9.4_06-3.62.1
4.9.4_06-3.62.1
xen
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 4.9.4_06-3.62.1
4.9.4_06-3.62.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 4.9.4_06-3.62.1
4.9.4_06-3.62.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 4.9.4_06-3.62.1
4.9.4_06-3.62.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 4.9.4_06-3.62.1
4.9.4_06-3.62.1
xen
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 5
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 4.9.4_06-3.62.1
4.9.4_06-3.62.1

History

History
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-7211 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Libslirp Project Libslirp, published January 21, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.19%, the 91st percentile. Fixed in libslirp 4.3.1-1.

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