CVE-2019-20485
5.7
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.19%
Description
qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt before 6.0.0 mishandles the holding of a monitor job during a query to a guest agent, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (API blockage).
How to fix CVE-2019-20485
To remediate CVE-2019-20485, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libvirt—upgrade to 5.5.0-r2 or later
- Debian/libvirt—upgrade to 6.0.0-2 or later
Is CVE-2019-20485 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 5.5.0-r2
- from 0, < 6.0.0-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |