Vulnerability in Red Hat Libvirt
CVE-2011-1146
libvirt.c in the API in Red Hat libvirt 0.8.8 does not properly restrict operations in a read-only connection, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) virNodeDeviceDettach, (2) virNodeDeviceReset, (3) virDomainRevertToSnapshot, (4) virDomainSnapshotDelete, (5) virNodeDeviceReAttach, or (6) virConnectDomainXMLToNative call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5086.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Libvirt — versions 0.8.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/43897 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0391.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056209.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1094-1 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/43670 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- libvirt.org/git/
- secunia.com/advisories/44069 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46820 (vdb-entry)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/09/3 (mailing-list, Patch)