CVE-2020-25637 (GCVE-0-2020-25637)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-06 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:40
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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.
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n/a libvirt Affected: libvirt versions before 6.8.0
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