CVE-2020-35517
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: August 31, 2023
Description
A flaw was found in qemu. A host privilege escalation issue was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon where a privileged guest user is able to create a device special file in the shared directory and use it to r/w access host devices.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.2 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | HIGH |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | CHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | qemu | Not affected (7.1.0-r4) |
| Stream | qemu | Not affected (8.0.4-r0) |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915823
- https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/ebf101955ce8f8d72fba103b5151115a4335de2c
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-01/msg05461.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0002/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/22/1