| Name | CVE-2014-0179 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3038-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libvirt (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.2.9-9+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.0-4+deb9u5 | fixed |
| buster | 5.0.0-4+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 5.0.0-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7.0.0-3+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 9.0.0-4 | fixed |
| trixie | 10.0.0-2 | fixed |
| sid | 10.2.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libvirt | source | wheezy | 0.9.12.3-1+deb7u1 | | DSA-3038-1 | |
| libvirt | source | (unstable) | 1.2.4-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
no ACL mechanism in squeeze and wheezy and all access is root-equivalent
LSN-2014-0003: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-May/msg00209.html