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.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00072.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00073.html
Source: MITRE
Published: 2020-10-06
Updated: 2020-12-04
Type: CWE-415
Base Score: 7.2
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Impact Score: 10
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH
Base Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 0.8
Severity: MEDIUM