UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15708

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15708
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15708.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15708
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Published
2020-08-04T17:00:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T02:44:47.888104Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 9.3 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Ubuntu's packaging of libvirt in 20.04 LTS created a control socket with world read and write permissions. An attacker could use this to overwrite arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libvirt

Package

Name
libvirt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvirt@6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3

Affected versions

5.*
5.4.0-0ubuntu5
6.*
6.0.0-0ubuntu1
6.0.0-0ubuntu2
6.0.0-0ubuntu3
6.0.0-0ubuntu4
6.0.0-0ubuntu5
6.0.0-0ubuntu6
6.0.0-0ubuntu7
6.0.0-0ubuntu8
6.0.0-0ubuntu8.1
6.0.0-0ubuntu8.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss-libvirt",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-clients",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-xen",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-system",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-system-systemd",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-system-sysv",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-sanlock",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-wireshark",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt0",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15708.json"