A double free memory issue was found to occur in the libvirt API, in versions before 6.8.0, responsible for requesting information about network interfaces of a running QEMU domain. This flaw affects the polkit access control driver. Specifically, clients connecting to the read-write socket with limited ACL permissions could use this flaw to crash the libvirt daemon, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1881037 | Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00073.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00072.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-06 | Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2020-10-06 07:15
Updated : 2022-11-07 09:35
NVD link : CVE-2020-25637
Mitre link : CVE-2020-25637
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CWE
CWE-415
Double Free
Products Affected
opensuse
- leap
redhat
- libvirt