A double free memory issue was found to occur in the libvirt API, in versions before 6.8.0, responsible for requesting information about network interfaces of a running QEMU domain. This flaw affects the polkit access control driver. Specifically, clients connecting to the read-write socket with limited ACL permissions could use this flaw to crash the libvirt daemon, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2020-10-06T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:40:35.483Z

Reserved: 2020-09-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-25637

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-06T14:15:12.527

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:18:18.163

Link: CVE-2020-25637

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-09-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-25637 - Bugzilla