CVE-2020-25637
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 6, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 16, 2020
Description
A double free memory issue was found to occur in the libvirt API, in versions before 6.8.0, responsible for requesting information about network interfaces of a running QEMU domain. This flaw affects the polkit access control driver. Specifically, clients connecting to the read-write socket with limited ACL permissions could use this flaw to crash the libvirt daemon, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Scores
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Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
libvirtn/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1881037
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1778vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1777vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202210-06vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20240401 [SECURITY] [DLA 3778-1] libvirt security updatemailing-list
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