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>;
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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libvirt | >=1.1.0 |
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The severity of REDHAT-BUG-1015259 is critical due to the potential for privilege escalation.
To fix REDHAT-BUG-1015259, update to the latest version of libvirt that addresses this vulnerability.
Users of libvirt version 1.1.0 and above with connect:read privileges are affected by REDHAT-BUG-1015259.
An attacker could exploit REDHAT-BUG-1015259 to escalate their privileges from connect:read to domain:write.
REDAHT-BUG-1015259 was discovered following the introduction of ACL permissions in libvirt 1.1.0.