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CVE-2014-5177

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CVE-2014-5177

Published: Aug 3, 2014

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

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References

RHSA-2014:0560
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
http://libvirt.org/news.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
60895
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
GLSA-201412-04
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
openSUSE-SU-2014:0674
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2014:0650
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-2366-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU

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