CVE-2020-35517

Summary

CVECVE-2020-35517
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-28 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:41:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in qemu. A host privilege escalation issue was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon where a privileged guest user is able to create a device special file in the shared directory and use it to r/w access host devices.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu - All All All
Application Qemu Qemu - All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
virtiofsd: avoid /proc/self/fd tempdir · qemu/qemu@ebf1019 · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes
CVE-2020-35517 QEMU Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
virtio-fs - shared file system for virtual machines MISC virtio-fs.gitlab.io
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-27) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
oss-security - CVE-2020-35517 QEMU: virtiofsd: potential privileged host device access from guest MISC www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
1915823 – (CVE-2020-35517) CVE-2020-35517 QEMU: virtiofsd: potential privileged host device access from guest MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
[PATCH] virtiofsd: prevent opening of special files (CVE-2020-35517) MISC lists.gnu.org Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198432 Ubuntu Security Notification for QEMU vulnerabilities (USN-5010-1)
  • 239107 Red Hat Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RHSA-2021:0711)
  • 377152 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0027)
  • 502353 Alpine Linux Security Update for qemu
  • 710604 Gentoo Linux QEMU Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-27)
  • 900063 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm 4.2.0
  • 940173 AlmaLinux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALSA-2021:0711)
  • 960678 Rocky Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RLSA-2021:0711)
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