Access Restriction Bypass Affecting libvirt package, versions <5.0.0-1ubuntu2.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.37% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-LIBVIRT-533859
  • published22 May 2019
  • disclosed22 May 2019

Introduced: 22 May 2019

CVE-2019-10132  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:19.04 libvirt to version 5.0.0-1ubuntu2.3 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:19.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in libvirt >= 4.1.0 in the virtlockd-admin.socket and virtlogd-admin.socket systemd units. A missing SocketMode configuration parameter allows any user on the host to connect using virtlockd-admin-sock or virtlogd-admin-sock and perform administrative tasks against the virtlockd and virtlogd daemons.