SB2014010705 - Multiple vulnerabilities in libvirt

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SB2014010705 - Multiple vulnerabilities in libvirt

Published: January 7, 2014 Updated: April 1, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2014010705
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Information disclosure

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0028)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.

libvirt 1.1.1 through 1.2.0 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the domain:getattr and connect:search_domains restrictions in ACLs and obtain sensitive domain object information via a request to the (1) virConnectDomainEventRegister and (2) virConnectDomainEventRegisterAny functions in the event registration API.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6436)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a guest in the shutdown status, as demonstrated by the "virsh memtune" command.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References