What is the severity of CVE-2014-8131?

CVE-2014-8131 is considered to have a moderate severity due to its potential to cause denial of service.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8131?

To fix CVE-2014-8131, upgrade to libvirt version 1.2.11 or later.

What causes CVE-2014-8131?

CVE-2014-8131 is caused by improper handling of locks when domain access is restricted by ACL, leading to possible deadlocks.

Who is affected by CVE-2014-8131?

Any system using libvirt versions prior to 1.2.11 is affected by CVE-2014-8131.

Can CVE-2014-8131 lead to data loss?

While CVE-2014-8131 primarily leads to denial of service, it does not directly cause data loss.

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CVE-2014-8131

medium

CWE

264

6/1/2015

6/8/2024

CVE-2014-8131

First published: Tue Jan 06 2015(Updated: )

The qemu implementation of virConnectGetAllDomainStats in libvirt before 1.2.11 does not properly handle locks when a domain is skipped due to ACL restrictions, which allows a remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (deadlock or segmentation fault and crash) via a request to access the users does not have privileges to access.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Red Hat Libvirt	<=1.2.10

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-8131?
CVE-2014-8131 is considered to have a moderate severity due to its potential to cause denial of service.
How do I fix CVE-2014-8131?
To fix CVE-2014-8131, upgrade to libvirt version 1.2.11 or later.
What causes CVE-2014-8131?
CVE-2014-8131 is caused by improper handling of locks when domain access is restricted by ACL, leading to possible deadlocks.
Who is affected by CVE-2014-8131?
Any system using libvirt versions prior to 1.2.11 is affected by CVE-2014-8131.
Can CVE-2014-8131 lead to data loss?
While CVE-2014-8131 primarily leads to denial of service, it does not directly cause data loss.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-8131?
CVE-2014-8131 is considered to have a moderate severity due to its potential to cause denial of service.
How do I fix CVE-2014-8131?
To fix CVE-2014-8131, upgrade to libvirt version 1.2.11 or later.
What causes CVE-2014-8131?
CVE-2014-8131 is caused by improper handling of locks when domain access is restricted by ACL, leading to possible deadlocks.
Who is affected by CVE-2014-8131?
Any system using libvirt versions prior to 1.2.11 is affected by CVE-2014-8131.
Can CVE-2014-8131 lead to data loss?
While CVE-2014-8131 primarily leads to denial of service, it does not directly cause data loss.