Improper Access Control Affecting virt:rhel/libvirt-daemon package, versions <0:4.5.0-23.3.module+el8.0.0.z+3418+a72cf898


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-VIRT-3411958
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Jun 2019

Introduced: 20 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-10168  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-250  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 virt:rhel/libvirt-daemon to version 0:4.5.0-23.3.module+el8.0.0.z+3418+a72cf898 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:1580.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream virt:rhel/libvirt-daemon package and not the virt:rhel/libvirt-daemon package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The virConnectBaselineHypervisorCPU() and virConnectCompareHypervisorCPU() libvirt APIs, 4.x.x before 4.10.1 and 5.x.x before 5.4.1, accept an "emulator" argument to specify the program providing emulation for a domain. Since v1.2.19, libvirt will execute that program to probe the domain's capabilities. Read-only clients could specify an arbitrary path for this argument, causing libvirtd to execute a crafted executable with its own privileges.

CVSS Scores

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