CVE-2019-3831 Privilege escalation in vdsm
Medium 6.4
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-3831 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2019-3831 is a medium-severity vulnerability in [UNKNOWN] vdsm, published on 25 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3831 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: [UNKNOWN] vdsm. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3831/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3831/index.md)
A local attacker with vdsm system user access can execute arbitrary commands as root via the systemd_run function, leading to full system compromise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-3831?
CVE-2019-3831 is a medium-severity vulnerability in [UNKNOWN] vdsm, published on 25 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was discovered in vdsm, version 4.19 through 4.30.3 and 4.30.5 through 4.30.8. The systemd_run function exposed to the vdsm system user could be abused to execute arbitrary commands as root.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3831?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
vdsm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-api Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-client Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-gluster Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-hook-checkips Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-hook-cpuflags Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-hook-ethtool-options Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-hook-extra-ipv4-addrs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-hook-fcoe Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-hook-localdisk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-hook-macspoof Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-hook-nestedvt Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-hook-openstacknet Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-hook-vhostmd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-hook-vmfex-dev Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-http Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-jsonrpc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-network Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-python Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
vdsm-yajsonrpc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.20.47-1.el7ev |
ioprocess Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:1.1.2-1.el7ev |
ioprocess-debuginfo Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:1.1.2-1.el7ev |
python2-ioprocess Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:1.1.2-1.el7ev |
safelease Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:1.0-7.el7ev |
safelease-debuginfo Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:1.0-7.el7ev |
vdsm Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs |
vdsm-api Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs |
vdsm-client Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs |
vdsm-common Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs |
vdsm-gluster Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs |
vdsm-hook-cpuflags Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs |
vdsm-hook-ethtool-options Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs |
vdsm-hook-faqemu Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs |
vdsm-hook-fcoe Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs |
vdsm-hook-localdisk Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs |
vdsm-hook-macspoof Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs |
vdsm-hook-openstacknet Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs |
vdsm-hook-qemucmdline Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs |
vdsm-hook-vmfex-dev Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | All versions | 0:4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs |
Products include Ovirt Vdsm, Redhat Gluster Storage.
How do I fix CVE-2019-3831?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2019-3831 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3831 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in [UNKNOWN] vdsm
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mgfj-qcpq-xx99, RHBA-2019:1965, RHSA-2019:0458.