CVE-2019-10161

Publication date 20 June 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libvirt 21.04 hirsute
Fixed 5.4.0-0ubuntu3
20.10 groovy
Fixed 5.4.0-0ubuntu3
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-0ubuntu3
19.10 eoan
Fixed 5.4.0-0ubuntu3
19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-1ubuntu2.4
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 4.6.0-2ubuntu3.8
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.12
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.3.1-1ubuntu10.27
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.28+esm1

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libvirt

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4047-2
    • libvirt update vulnerability
    • 13 January 2020

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