CVE-2014-0179
Published: August 3, 2014Last modified: November 10, 2023
Description
libvirt 0.7.5 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (read block and hang) via a crafted XML document containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference to the (1) virConnectCompareCPU or (2) virConnectBaselineCPU API method, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions of some vectors. CVE-2014-5177 is used for other API methods.
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | libvirt | Not affected (8.9.0-r5) |
| Stream | libvirt | Not affected (9.6.0-r0) |
References
- http://libvirt.org/news.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00048.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00052.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0560.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
- http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0003.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3038
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2366-1