Improper Input Validation Affecting libvirt package, versions [,1.2.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBVIRT-2317417
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed3 Aug 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Aug 2014

CVE-2014-0179  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libvirt to version 1.2.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation libvirt 0.7.5 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (read block and hang) via a crafted XML document containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference to the (1) virConnectCompareCPU or (2) virConnectBaselineCPU API method, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions of some vectors. CVE-2014-5177 is used for other API methods.

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