Improper Privilege Management Affecting ocaml-libnbd-devel package, versions <0:1.2.2-1.module+el8.3.0+7860+a7792d29
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- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 28 Jan 2021
Introduced: 28 Jan 2021
CVE-2020-35517 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:8 ocaml-libnbd-devel to version 0:1.2.2-1.module+el8.3.0+7860+a7792d29 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-0711.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ocaml-libnbd-devel package and not the ocaml-libnbd-devel package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle: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.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2020-35517.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-0711.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915823
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-01/msg05461.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/22/1
- https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/ebf101955ce8f8d72fba103b5151115a4335de2c
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0002/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:0639
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0711
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0743
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35517
- https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/