CVE-2014-5177
Description
libvirt 1.0.0 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5, when fine grained access control is enabled, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference to the (1) virDomainDefineXML, (2) virNetworkCreateXML, (3) virNetworkDefineXML, (4) virStoragePoolCreateXML, (5) virStoragePoolDefineXML, (6) virStorageVolCreateXML, (7) virDomainCreateXML, (8) virNodeDeviceCreateXML, (9) virInterfaceDefineXML, (10) virStorageVolCreateXMLFrom, (11) virConnectDomainXMLFromNative, (12) virConnectDomainXMLToNative, (13) virSecretDefineXML, (14) virNWFilterDefineXML, (15) virDomainSnapshotCreateXML, (16) virDomainSaveImageDefineXML, (17) virDomainCreateXMLWithFiles, (18) virConnectCompareCPU, or (19) virConnectBaselineCPU API method, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2014-0179 per ADT3 due to different affected versions of some vectors.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Red Hat Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
| 12.3 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.2.4-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.2.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.2.4-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.2.4-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.2.4-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | enterprise_virtualization | 3.0 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.0 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.1 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.2 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.3 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.4 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.1 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.2 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.3 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.4 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.5 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.6 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.0.6 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.1.0 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.1.1 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.1.2 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.1.3 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.1.4 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.2.0 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.2.1 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.2.2 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.2.3 | |
| redhat | libvirt | 1.2.4 | |
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.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2366-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5177
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.