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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-3831

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.

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CVE-2019-3831

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Mar 2019, 18:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2019-3831
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3831",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:33.029252006Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3831"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433157,
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