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A vulnerability in libvirt may allow root privilege escalation.
| Package | app-emulation/libvirt on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 6.7.0 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 6.7.0 |
libvirt is a C toolkit for manipulating virtual machines.
A file descriptor for /dev/mapper/control was insufficiently protected.
A local attacker may be able to escalate to root privileges.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All libvirt users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/libvirt-6.7.0"
Release date
January 26, 2021
Latest revision
January 26, 2021: 1
Severity
high
Exploitable
local
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