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CVE-2019-3831 json

A vulnerability was discovered in vdsm, version 4.19 through 4.30.3 and 4.30.5 through 4.30.8.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-13451

cvss
6.4
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • redhat-virtualization-host RHEL 7 4.2-20190219.0.el7_6
  • redhat-release-virtualization-host RHEL 7 4.2-8.3.el7
  • redhat-virtualization-host-image-update RHEL 7 4.2-20190219.0.el7_6
  • redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder RHEL 7 4.2-8.3.el7
  • vdsm storage 3.4 4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs
  • vdsm-api storage 3.4 4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs
  • ioprocess storage 3.4 1.1.2-1.el7ev
  • safelease storage 3.4 1.0-7.el7ev

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:0457RHBA-2019:1965RHSA-2019:0458

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-3831 updated cvss 6.4

vdsm: privilege escalation to root via systemd_run

  • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.4 on RHEL-7 safelease 1.0-7.el7ev, ioprocess 1.1.2-1.el7ev, vdsm 4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs, vdsm-api 4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs, vdsm-http 4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs, vdsm-tests 4.30.18-1.0.el7rhgs, +17 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2019:1965
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7 redhat-virtualization-host 4.2-20190219.0.el7_6, redhat-virtualization-host-image-update 4.2-20190219.0.el7_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0457
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts vdsm 4.20.47-1.el7ev, vdsm-api 4.20.47-1.el7ev, vdsm-http 4.20.47-1.el7ev, vdsm-client 4.20.47-1.el7ev, vdsm-common 4.20.47-1.el7ev, vdsm-python 4.20.47-1.el7ev, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0458
  • Red Hat RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements) redhat-release-virtualization-host 4.2-8.3.el7, redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder 4.2-8.3.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0457

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Exploit prediction

1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] vdsm

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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