Description
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.
Affected products
- RedHat / libvirt0.8.8 – 0.8.8
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43897
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0391.html
- MISChttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678406
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056209.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1094-1
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43670
- MISChttp://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=71753cb7f7a16ff800381c0b5ee4e99eea92fed3
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/44069
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46820
- MAILING_LISThttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/09/3
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00022.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0794
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2194
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=683650
- MISChttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025262
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43917
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0700
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0694
- MAILING_LISThttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/5
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43780
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66012
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0805
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617773