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USN-2026-1: libvirt vulnerability

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USN-2026-1: libvirt vulnerability

Severity

CVSS

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

Published

11/02/2013

Created

07/25/2018

Added

04/08/2014

Modified

07/09/2020

Description

The virConnectDomainXMLToNative API function in libvirt 1.1.0 through 1.1.3 checks for the connect:read permission instead of the connect:write permission, which allows attackers to gain domain:write privileges and execute Qemu binaries via crafted XML. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-libvirt0

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2013-4401
CVE - 2013-4401
USN-2026-1

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