SB2021082320 - SUSE update for libvirt
Published: August 23, 2021
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3631)
CWE-ID: CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the way SELinux MCS category pairs for VMs' dynamic labels in security/security_selinux.c. An attacker with access to the guest OS can access files labeled for another guest.
2) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3667)
CWE-ID: CWE-667 - Improper Locking
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack (DoS) on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to double-locking error in the virStoragePoolLookupByTargetPath API in libvirt in storage/storage_driver.c. The storagePoolLookupByTargetPath() function does not properly release a locked object (virStoragePoolObj) on ACL permission failure. Clients connecting to the read-write socket with limited ACL permissions can use this vulnerability to acquire the lock and prevent other users from accessing storage pool/volume APIs. As a result a local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.