CVE-2021-20295
Published: 1 April 2022
It was discovered that the update for the virt:rhel module in the RHSA-2020:4676 (https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4676) erratum released as part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 failed to include the fix for the qemu-kvm component issue CVE-2020-10756, which was previously corrected in virt:rhel/qemu-kvm via erratum RHSA-2020:4059 (https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4059). CVE-2021-20295 was assigned to that Red Hat specific security regression. For more details about the original security issue CVE-2020-10756, refer to bug 1835986 or the CVE page: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10756.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| seth-arnold | This is apparently an issue in RHEL's packaging. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
qemu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
|
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| groovy |
Not vulnerable
|
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| trusty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(debian: RHEL 8.3 specific security regression)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
|
|
qemu-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 6.5 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |