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USN-1094-1: Libvirt vulnerability

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USN-1094-1: Libvirt vulnerability

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

03/15/2011

Created

07/25/2018

Added

05/06/2013

Modified

07/09/2020

Description

libvirt.c in the API in Red Hat libvirt 0.8.8 does not properly restrict operations in a read-only connection, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) virNodeDeviceDettach, (2) virNodeDeviceReset, (3) virDomainRevertToSnapshot, (4) virDomainSnapshotDelete, (5) virNodeDeviceReAttach, or (6) virConnectDomainXMLToNative call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5086.

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-libvirt0

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2011-1146
46820
CVE - 2011-1146
DSA-2194
RHSA-2011:0391
USN-1094-1
66012

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