CVE-2021-3631: Medium severity red hat libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct vulnerability

Published Apr 13, 2021
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Updated

A flaw was found in libvirt while it generates SELinux MCS category pairs for VMs' dynamic labels. This flaw allows one exploited guest to access files labeled for another guest, resulting in the breaking out of sVirt confinement. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.

Other sources

A flaw was found in libvirt while it generates SELinux MCS category pairs for VMs' dynamic labels. This flaw may allow one exploited guest to access files labelled for another guest, thus breaking out of sVirt confinement.

Upstream issue: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/issues/153

Red Hat

Affected Software

6 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/libvirt<7.5.0
7.5.0
debian/libvirt
7.0.0-3+deb11u39.0.0-4+deb12u110.7.0-3
redhat libvirt<7.5.0
redhat OpenShift Container Platform=4.8
redhat Enterprise Linux=8.0
NetApp ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Remediation

Information

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Event History

Apr 13, 2021
CVE Published
12:00 AM
Data Sourced
12:00 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Mar 2, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
May 15, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·12:59 AM
Description
Sep 16, 2024
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·02:33 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this flaw in libvirt?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2021-3631.

2

What is the severity level of CVE-2021-3631?

The severity level of CVE-2021-3631 is low.

3

How does CVE-2021-3631 affect confidentiality?

CVE-2021-3631 poses a threat to confidentiality.

4

What software versions are affected by CVE-2021-3631?

Versions 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.16, 7.6.0-1, 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21, 7.6.0-0ubuntu3, 7.6.0-0ubuntu3, 7.6.0-0ubuntu3, 7.5.0, 9.0.0-4, and 9.7.0-1 of libvirt are affected by CVE-2021-3631.

5

How can I fix CVE-2021-3631?

Run the recommended updates for the affected libvirt versions.

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