msrc_cve-2020-25637
Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft
Published
2020-10-02 00:00
Modified
2021-12-16 00:00
Summary
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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Additional Resources
To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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