Access Restriction Bypass Affecting libvirt package, versions [0.10.2.7,1.1.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBVIRT-2317438
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed30 Sept 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Sep 2013

CVE-2013-4291  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for libvirt.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. The virSecurityManagerSetProcessLabel function in libvirt 0.10.2.7, 1.0.5.5, and 1.1.1, when the domain has read an uid:gid label, does not properly set group memberships, which allows local users to gain privileges.

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