Security restrictions bypass in libvirt - CVE-2018-6764
Published: March 1, 2018 / Updated: March 1, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10793
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6764
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libvirt.org
Affected software:
libvirt
libvirt
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists in the util/virlog.c source code file due to improper determination of hostnames during LXC container startup. An adjacent attacker can bypass security restrictions and execute arbitrary commands.
The weakness exists in the util/virlog.c source code file due to improper determination of hostnames during LXC container startup. An adjacent attacker can bypass security restrictions and execute arbitrary commands.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6764
Update to version 4.0.0-2.