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CVE-2014-0179

Published: 3 August 2014

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
non-default configuration

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
libvirt
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid
Released (0.7.5-5ubuntu27.25)
precise
Released (0.9.8-2ubuntu17.20)
quantal Ignored
(end of life)
saucy Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.5)
upstream
Released (1.2.4-1)
Patches:
upstream: http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=d6b27d3e4c40946efa79e91d134616b41b1666c4
upstream: http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=be7a5de9d0c406f36efae3230e1743c613ad6945