CVE-2019-10166 Affecting libvirt package, versions <4.0.0-1ubuntu8.12


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBVIRT-451445
  • published23 Jun 2019
  • disclosed2 Aug 2019

Introduced: 23 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-10166  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 libvirt to version 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.12 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1