CVE-2014-0179 | BDVDB-2026-63007 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0560.html
- http://libvirt.org/news.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00052.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3038
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00048.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2366-1
- http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0003.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.