Improper Privilege Management Affecting libguestfs-tools package, versions <1:1.40.2-25.module+el8.3.0+7421+642fe24f


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-LIBGUESTFSTOOLS-2089652
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Jan 2021

Introduced: 21 Jan 2021

CVE-2020-35517  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 libguestfs-tools to version 1:1.40.2-25.module+el8.3.0+7421+642fe24f or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libguestfs-tools package and not the libguestfs-tools package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in qemu. A host privilege escalation issue was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon where a privileged guest user is able to create a device special file in the shared directory and use it to r/w access host devices.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1