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libvirt 0.7.5 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5 allows local...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 10, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 3, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Last updated Feb 10, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(23rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2014-0179

GHSA ID

GHSA-chq6-pgcm-wg35

Source code

No known source code

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