CVE-2014-5177
libvirt 1.0.0 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5, when fine grained access control is enabled, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference to the (1) virDomainDefineXML, (2) virNetworkCreateXML, (3) virNetworkDefineXML, (4) virStoragePoolCreateXML, (5) virStoragePoolDefineXML, (6) virStorageVolCreateXML, (7) virDomainCreateXML, (8) virNodeDeviceCreateXML, (9) virInterfaceDefineXML, (10) virStorageVolCreateXMLFrom, (11) virConnectDomainXMLFromNative, (12) virConnectDomainXMLToNative, (13) virSecretDefineXML, (14) virNWFilterDefineXML, (15) virDomainSnapshotCreateXML, (16) virDomainSaveImageDefineXML, (17) virDomainCreateXMLWithFiles, (18) virConnectCompareCPU, or (19) virConnectBaselineCPU API method, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2014-0179 per ADT3 due to different affected versions of some vectors.
EPSS 0.53% · 42.6th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | libvirt | 0, 1.1.1-0ubuntu8, 1.1.4-0ubuntu2 |
Timeline
- Jul 22, 2014 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 6, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 29, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5177 third-party-advisory
- http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0003.html third-party-advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0560.html third-party-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00052.html third-party-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00048.html third-party-advisory
- http://libvirt.org/news.html third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2366-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5177 third-party-advisory