CVE-2013-4401
First published: Thu Oct 03 2013(Updated: )
A flaw was found in libvirt where libvirtd could crash due to how XML was parsed [1]. With the introduction of ACL permissions in libvirt 1.1.0, this flaw could be manipulated to allow a remote user with connect:read privileges to elevate them to the more permissive domain:write privilege. This vulnerability was introduced in libvirt 1.1.0. [1] <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_CLOSED bz_closed bz_public " title="CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE - libvirtd crashed when edit "backend model='egd' type='unix'" to guest xml file" href="show_bug.cgi?id=1012196">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012196</a>;
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Libvirt | =1.1.0 | |
| Red Hat Libvirt | =1.1.1 | |
| Red Hat Libvirt | =1.1.2 | |
| Red Hat Libvirt | =1.1.3 |
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Reference Links
- 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1012196
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=57687fd6bf7f6e1b3662c52f3f26c06ab19dc96c
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