CVE-2020-25637 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2020-25637: A double free memory issue was found to occur in the libvirt API, in versions before 6.8.0, responsible for requesting information about network interfaces of a running QEMU domain. This flaw affects the polkit access control driver. Specifically, clients connecting to the read-write socket with lim

Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2020-25637 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libvirt→ fixed in6.8.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libvirt
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libvirt→ fixed in6.8.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libvirt
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libvirt→ fixed in6.8.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libvirt
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

libvirt→ fixed in6.8.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade libvirt
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

libvirt→ fixed in6.8.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade libvirt
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

libvirt→ fixed in6.8.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade libvirt
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

libvirt→ fixed in6.8.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade libvirt
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

libvirt→ fixed in6.8.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade libvirt
```

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