Bug 1809740 (CVE-2019-20485) - CVE-2019-20485 libvirt: Potential DoS by holding a monitor job while querying QEMU guest-agent
Summary: CVE-2019-20485 libvirt: Potential DoS by holding a monitor job while querying...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-20485
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1759566 1809741 1809743 1809744 1809745
Blocks: 1809535
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-03-03 19:22 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2021-02-16 20:31 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: libvirt-6.0.0
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A flaw was found in the way the libvirtd daemon issued the 'suspend' command to a QEMU guest-agent running inside a guest, where it holds a monitor job while issuing the 'suspend' command to a guest-agent. A malicious guest-agent may use this flaw to block the libvirt daemon indefinitely, resulting in a denial of service.
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Last Closed: 2020-09-29 21:59:58 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4000 0 None None None 2020-09-29 20:28:55 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4676 0 None None None 2020-11-04 02:52:46 UTC

Description Prasad Pandit 2020-03-03 19:22:00 UTC 
A flaw was found in the way Libvirtd daemon issued the 'suspend' command to a QEMU guest-agent running inside a guest. It holds a monitor job while issuing the 'suspend' command to a guest-agent. A malicious guest-agent may use this flaw to block the Libvirt daemon indefinitely resulting in a DoS scenario.

Upstream patch:
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  -> https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commitdiff;h=a663a860819287e041c3de672aad1d8543098ecc
Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2020-03-03 19:22:34 UTC 
Created libvirt tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1809741]
Comment 3 Prasad Pandit 2020-03-03 19:33:18 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: Eric Blake (Red Hat Inc.)
Comment 4 Prasad Pandit 2020-03-04 05:49:08 UTC 
Statement:

This issue affects the version of the libvirt package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Virtualization 8. Future libvirt updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Virtualization 8 may address this issue.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 and 6 are in Maintenance Support 2 Phase of the life cycle. This issue has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 and 6. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2020-09-29 20:28:51 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:4000 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4000
Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-09-29 21:59:58 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-20485
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 02:52:43 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:4676 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4676
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