ALSA-2021:0711

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    ALSA-2021:0711

    Published: 3 Mar 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Important: virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security update

    Details: Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution for Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packages which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems. Security Fix(es): * QEMU: virtiofsd: potential privileged host device access from guest (CVE-2020-35517) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    References: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-0711.html, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-35517

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: hivex

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/hivex

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.18-20.module_el8.3.0+2048+e7a0a3ea

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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