CVE-2021-3631

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3631
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-02 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-04-01 13:16:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in libvirt while it generates SELinux MCS category pairs for VMs' dynamic labels. This flaw allows one exploited guest to access files labeled for another guest, resulting in the breaking out of sVirt confinement. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt All All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 4.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
[debian-lts-announce] 20240401 [SECURITY] [DLA 3778-1] libvirt security update lists.debian.org
1977726 – (CVE-2021-3631) CVE-2021-3631 libvirt: Insecure sVirt label generation MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
libvirt: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Selinux MCS generate a single category context and may be accessed by another machine (#153) · Issues · libvirt / libvirt · GitLab MISC gitlab.com
CVE-2021-3631 Libvirt Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
security: fix SELinux label generation logic (15073504) · Commits · libvirt / libvirt · GitLab MISC gitlab.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159468 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for virt:ol and virt-devel:ol (ELSA-2021-4191)
  • 160343 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for libvirt (ELSA-2022-10062)
  • 160365 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for virt:kvm_utils (ELSA-2022-10093)
  • 160453 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for virt:kvm_utils (ELSA-2023-12108)
  • 184879 Debian Security Update for libvirt (CVE-2021-3631)
  • 198763 Ubuntu Security Notification for libvirt Vulnerabilities (USN-5399-1)
  • 239833 Red Hat Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security (RHSA-2021:4191)
  • 281714 Fedora Security Update for libvirt (FEDORA-2021-bc6ad65da0)
  • 377413 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0119)
  • 502116 Alpine Linux Security Update for libvirt
  • 6000552 Debian Security Update for libvirt (DLA 3778-1)
  • 710643 Gentoo Linux libvirt Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-06)
  • 750955 OpenSUSE Security Update for libvirt (openSUSE-SU-2021:1119-1)
  • 751003 OpenSUSE Security Update for libvirt (openSUSE-SU-2021:2812-1)
  • 900736 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libvirt (8880)
  • 940172 AlmaLinux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALSA-2021:4191)
  • 960274 Rocky Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RLSA-2021:4191)
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