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CVE-2019-20485

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Description

qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt before 6.0.0 mishandles the holding of a monitor job during a query to a guest agent, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (API blockage).

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https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-20485

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D5GE6ISYUL3CIWO3FQRUGMKTKP2NYED2/

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=953078

https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg1730509.html

https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a663a860819287e041c3de672aad1d8543098ecc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1809740

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-03-19

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00356

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