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CVE-2019-10161

Public on 2019-07-30
Modified on 2019-08-27
Description

It was discovered that libvirtd 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.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core libvirt 2019-08-23 03:34 ALAS2-2019-1274

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-10161 Mitre: CVE-2019-10161 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity