CVE-2019-3886
MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: April 4, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsFedoraLeapLibvirt
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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
An incorrect permissions check was discovered in libvirt 4.8.0 and above. The readonly permission was allowed to invoke APIs depending on the guest agent, which could lead to potentially disclosing unintended information or denial of service by causing libvirt to block.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00105.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:3723
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3886
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CYMNKXAUBZCFBBPFH64FJPH5EJH4GSU2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5DHYIFECZ7BMVXK4EP4FDFZXK7I5MZH/
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00105.htmlVendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:3723ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3886CVSS
- Attack Vector
- ADJACENT_NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862
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