UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3559

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3559
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3559.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3559
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:46:26Z
Published
2021-05-24T12:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:15:45.339549Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in libvirt in the virConnectListAllNodeDevices API in versions before 7.0.0. It only affects hosts with a PCI device and driver that supports mediated devices (e.g., GRID driver). This flaw could be used by an unprivileged client with a read-only connection to crash the libvirt daemon by executing the 'nodedev-list' virsh command. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libvirt

Package

Name
libvirt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvirt@4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19

Affected versions

3.*

3.6.0-1ubuntu5
3.6.0-1ubuntu6

4.*

4.0.0-1ubuntu1
4.0.0-1ubuntu2
4.0.0-1ubuntu3
4.0.0-1ubuntu4
4.0.0-1ubuntu5
4.0.0-1ubuntu6
4.0.0-1ubuntu7
4.0.0-1ubuntu8
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.1
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.2
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.3
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.4
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.5
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.6
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.7
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.8
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.9
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.10
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.11
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.12
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.13
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.14
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.15
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.16
4.0.0-1ubuntu8.17

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss-libvirt",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss-libvirt-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-bin",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-clients",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-clients-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-sheepdog-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-system",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-system-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-doc",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-sanlock",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-sanlock-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-wireshark",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-wireshark-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt0",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.0.0-1ubuntu8.19"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3559.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libvirt

Package

Name
libvirt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvirt@6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9

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
6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3
6.0.0-0ubuntu8.4
6.0.0-0ubuntu8.5
6.0.0-0ubuntu8.7
6.0.0-0ubuntu8.8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss-libvirt",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss-libvirt-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-clients",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-clients-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-xen",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-driver-xen-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-system",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-system-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-system-systemd",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-daemon-system-sysv",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-doc",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-sanlock",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-sanlock-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-wireshark",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt-wireshark-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt0",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvirt0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu8.9"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3559.json"