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authorV3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org>2021-01-29 18:03:51 +0000
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202101-22">
+ <title>libvirt: Unintended access to /dev/mapper/control</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in libvirt may allow root privilege escalation.</synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">libvirt</product>
+ <announced>2021-01-26</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2021-01-26</revised>
+ <bug>739948</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-emulation/libvirt" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">6.7.0</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">6.7.0</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>libvirt is a C toolkit for manipulating virtual machines.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>A file descriptor for /dev/mapper/control was insufficiently protected.</p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>A local attacker may be able to escalate to root privileges.</p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All libvirt users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-emulation/libvirt-6.7.0"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14339">CVE-2020-14339</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-10-05T23:25:12Z">sam_c</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2021-01-26T00:10:19Z">sam_c</metadata>
+</glsa>