Improper Access Control Affecting libvirt package, versions <5.0.0-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBVIRT-1551064
  • published23 Jun 2019
  • disclosed2 Aug 2019

Introduced: 23 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-10166  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 libvirt to version 5.0.0-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt package and not the libvirt package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was discovered that libvirtd, versions 4.x.x before 4.10.1 and 5.x.x before 5.4.1, would permit readonly clients to use the virDomainManagedSaveDefineXML() API, which would permit them to modify managed save state files. If a managed save had already been created by a privileged user, a local attacker could modify this file such that libvirtd would execute an arbitrary program when the domain was resumed.

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