libvirt-daemon-system: Ubuntu's packaging of libvirt in 20.04 LTS created a control socket with world read and write permissions
CVE-2020-15708 is fixed in 16 products on 1 platform, first by libnss-libvirt 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3, released August 4, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
Ubuntu's packaging of libvirt in 20.04 LTS created a control socket with world read and write permissions. An attacker could use this to overwrite arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| libnss-libvirt · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libnss-libvirt 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt-clients · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt-clients 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt-daemon · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt-daemon 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt-daemon-driver-xen · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt-daemon-driver-xen 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt-daemon-system · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt-daemon-system 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt-daemon-system-systemd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt-daemon-system-systemd 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt-daemon-system-sysv · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt-daemon-system-sysv 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt-sanlock · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt-sanlock 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt-wireshark · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt-wireshark 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
| libvirt0 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | libvirt0 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 | Aug 4, 2020 |
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