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CVE-2020-25637

Description

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.

Priority: HIGH
CVSS v3: 6.7
Component: libvirt
Publish Date: Oct 6, 2020
Related ID: --
CVSS v2: MEDIUM
Modified Date: Oct 8, 2020

Find out more about CVE-2020-25637 from the MITRE-CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


Products Affected

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Product Name Status Defect Fixed Downloads
Linux
Wind River Linux LTS 17 Fixed LIN10-7822
10.17.41.23 --
Wind River Linux 8 Fixed LIN8-12954
8.0.0.34 --
Wind River Linux 9 Fixed LIN9-10412
9.0.0.26 --
Wind River Linux 7 Requires LTSS -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 21 Fixed -- 10.21.20.1 --
Wind River Linux LTS 22 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 18 Fixed LIN1018-6761
10.18.44.20 --
Wind River Linux LTS 19 Fixed LIN1019-5494
10.19.45.13 --
Wind River Linux CD release Fixed -- 10.21.13.0 --
Wind River Linux 6 Requires LTSS -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 23 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 24 Fixed -- 10.21.13.0 --
VxWorks
VxWorks 7 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
VxWorks 6.9 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition Not Vulnerable -- -- --
eLxr
eLxr 12 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Studio Cloud Platform

Related Products

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Notes
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