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CVE-2014-0179

Date: August 3, 2014

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (13)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0179
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00052.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3038
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0560.html
http://libvirt.org/news.html
http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00048.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2366-1
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0179
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0179
http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-0179

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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