Upstream information

CVE-2014-5177 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 1.2
Vector AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 873705 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • libvirt >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-client >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-daemon >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-daemon-config-network >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-daemon-driver-interface >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-daemon-driver-network >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-daemon-driver-secret >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-daemon-kvm >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-daemon-lxc >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-devel >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-docs >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-lock-sanlock >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-login-shell >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
  • libvirt-python >= 1.1.1-29.el7_0.1
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2014:0914

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS libvirt Already fixed
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 libvirt Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 libvirt Already fixed
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 libvirt Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 libvirt Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 libvirt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 libvirt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 libvirt Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS libvirt Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS libvirt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 libvirt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 libvirt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL libvirt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS libvirt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS libvirt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 libvirt Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 libvirt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 libvirt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 libvirt Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 libvirt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 libvirt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 libvirt Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 libvirt Already fixed

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Apr 15 15:19:07 2014
CVE page last modified: Mon Apr 15 13:31:31 2024