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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-14339

🗓️ 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux distros face CVE-2020-14339 vulnerability impacting confidentiality and integrity.

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  - A flaw was found in libvirt, where it leaked a file descriptor for `/dev/mapper/control` into the QEMU
    process. This file descriptor allows for privileged operations to happen against the device-mapper on the
    host. This flaw allows a malicious guest user or process to perform operations outside of their standard
    permissions, potentially causing serious damage to the host operating system. The highest threat from this
    vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability. (CVE-2020-14339)

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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"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "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_HOLE,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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