CVE-2019-20485

Summary

CVECVE-2019-20485
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-19 02:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:09:00 UTC
Descriptionqemu/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).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt All All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2019-20485 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: libvirt-5.6.0-7.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: libvirt-5.6.0-7.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug#953078: libvirt: CVE-2019-20485 MISC www.mail-archive.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1809740 – (CVE-2019-20485) CVE-2019-20485 libvirt: Potential DoS by holding a monitor job while querying QEMU guest-agent MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Bug#953078: libvirt: CVE-2019-20485 www.mail-archive.com
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit CONFIRM libvirt.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit libvirt.org
#953078 - libvirt: CVE-2019-20485 - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159669 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for virt:ol and virt-devel:rhel (ELSA-2020-4676)
  • 377413 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0119)
  • 377531 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for libvirt (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0140)
  • 940165 AlmaLinux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALSA-2020:4676)
  • 960273 Rocky Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RLSA-2020:4676)
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