Improper Input Validation Affecting libvirt package, versions [,6.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBVIRT-2317452
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed19 Mar 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Mar 2020

CVE-2019-20485  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libvirt to version 6.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt before 6.0.0 mishandles the holding of a monitor job during a query to a guest agent, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (API blockage).

CVSS Scores

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