CVE-2020-14339

NameCVE-2020-14339
DescriptionA flaw was found in libvirt, where it leaked a file descriptor for `/dev/mapper/control` into the QEMU process. This file descriptor allows for privileged operations to happen against the device-mapper on the host. This flaw allows a malicious guest user or process to perform operations outside of their standard permissions, potentially causing serious damage to the host operating system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
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Debian Bugs966563

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libvirt (PTS)bullseye7.0.0-3+deb11u3fixed
bookworm9.0.0-4+deb12u2fixed
trixie10.10.0-3fixed
sid10.10.0-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libvirtsourcestretch(not affected)
libvirtsourcebuster(not affected)
libvirtsource(unstable)6.6.0-1966563

Notes

[buster] - libvirt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[stretch] - libvirt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1860069
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2020-July/msg01500.html
Proposed patch: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2020-July/msg01501.html
https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=22494556542c676d1b9e7f1c1f2ea13ac17e1e3e (v6.6.0)

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