Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data Affecting virt:rhel/nbdkit-linuxdisk-plugin package, versions <0:1.16.2-4.module+el8.3.0+6922+fd575af8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-VIRT-4796535
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Apr 2020

Introduced: 14 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-14301  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-212  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 virt:rhel/nbdkit-linuxdisk-plugin to version 0:1.16.2-4.module+el8.3.0+6922+fd575af8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4676.

NVD Description

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

An information disclosure vulnerability was found in libvirt in versions before 6.3.0. HTTP cookies used to access network-based disks were saved in the XML dump of the guest domain. This flaw allows an attacker to access potentially sensitive information in the domain configuration via the dumpxml command.

CVSS Scores

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