CVE-2013-4401
Description
The virConnectDomainXMLToNative API function in libvirt 1.1.0 through 1.1.3 checks for the connect:read permission instead of the connect:write permission, which allows attackers to gain domain:write privileges and execute Qemu binaries via crafted XML. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.1.4-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.1.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.1.4-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.1.4-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.1.4-1 |
References
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57687fd6bf7f6e1b3662c52f3f26c06ab19dc96c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55210
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
- http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029241
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2026-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015259
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4401
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.