CVE-2019-10161
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.26%libvirt - security update
Published: 7/30/2019Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2019-10161DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10161
Description
It was discovered that libvirtd before versions 4.10.1 and 5.4.1 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.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/libvirtfrom 0, < 5.5.0-r0
- Debian/libvirtfrom 0, < 5.0.0-4
- Debian/libvirtfrom 0, < 1.2.9-9+deb8u7
- Debian/libvirtfrom 0, < 3.0.0-4+deb9u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |