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Status published
Medium
CVE-2019-3886
An incorrect permissions check was discovered in libvirt 4.8.0 and...
Vulnerability Description
An incorrect permissions check was discovered in libvirt 4.8.0 and above. The readonly permission was allowed to invoke APIs depending on the guest agent, which could lead to potentially disclosing unintended information or denial of service by causing libvirt to block.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107777
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00105.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4021-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5DHYIFECZ7BMVXK4EP4FDFZXK7I5MZH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CYMNKXAUBZCFBBPFH64FJPH5EJH4GSU2/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:3723
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3886
Affected Vendor
The libvirt Project
View all reports →Affected Software
libvirt
Vulnerable Versions:
4.8.0 and above
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 4th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L