Access Restriction Bypass Affecting libvirt package, versions [0.3.2,0.6.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBVIRT-2317473
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed19 Dec 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Dec 2008

CVE-2008-5086  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libvirt to version 0.6.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. Multiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is read-only, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and perform administrative actions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1