CVE-2019-10161

Summary

CVECVE-2019-10161
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-30 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:02:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was discovered that libvirtd before versions 4.10.1 and 5.4.1 would permit read-only clients to use the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc() API, specifying an arbitrary path which would be accessed with the permissions of the libvirtd process. An attacker with access to the libvirtd socket could use this to probe the existence of arbitrary files, cause denial of service or cause libvirtd to execute arbitrary programs.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22 | CWE-862

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt All All All All
Application Redhat Libvirtd All All All All
Application Redhat Libvirtd All All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-18) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
libvirt privilege escalation vulnerabilities - Red Hat Customer Portal CONFIRM access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
1720115 – (CVE-2019-10161) CVE-2019-10161 libvirt: arbitrary file read/exec via virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc API CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
USN-4047-2: libvirt update vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit CONFIRM libvirt.org Vendor Advisory
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit libvirt.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377037 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for libvirt (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0039)
  • 377413 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0119)
  • 378197 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for libvirt-devel (VZLSA-2019:1578)
  • 500325 Alpine Linux Security Update for libvirt
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