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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-10703

🗓️ 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux host has unpatched vulnerability CVE-2020-10703 affecting libvirt API leading to denial of service.

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  - A NULL pointer dereference was found in the libvirt API responsible introduced in upstream version 3.10.0,
    and fixed in libvirt 6.0.0, for fetching a storage pool based on its target path. In more detail, this
    flaw affects storage pools created without a target path such as network-based pools like gluster and RBD.
    Unprivileged users with a read-only connection could abuse this flaw to crash the libvirt daemon,
    resulting in a potential denial of service. (CVE-2020-10703)

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  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
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  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("set_linux_os_id.nasl", "ssh_get_info2.nasl");
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libvirt"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-admin"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-bash-completion"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-client"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-config-network"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-interface"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-network"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-secret"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-kvm"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-devel"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-docs"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-libs"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-lock-sanlock"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-nss"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-wireshark"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libvirt"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-admin"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-bash-completion"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-client"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-config-network"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-interface"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-network"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-secret"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-daemon-kvm"},
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          {"reference": "libvirt-docs"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-libs"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-lock-sanlock"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-nss"},
          {"reference": "libvirt-wireshark"}
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      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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10 Sep 2025 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS 24
CVSS 3.16.5
EPSS0.00689
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