What is CVE-2011-4600?

CVE-2011-4600 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu_linux, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-04-14.

How severe is CVE-2011-4600?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu_linux

CVE-2011-4600

The networkReloadIptablesRules function in network/bridge_driver.c in libvirt before 0.9.9 does not properly handle firewall rules on bridge networks when libvirtd is restarted, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access…

EPSS: 0.004 (57.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
Redhat Libvirt — versions 0.9.8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
USN-2867-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-4600?: CVE-2011-4600 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu_linux, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-04-14.
How severe is CVE-2011-4600?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.