CVE-2013-4401

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    CVE-2013-4401

    Published: 2 Nov 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The virConnectDomainXMLToNative API function in libvirt 1.1.0 through 1.1.3 checks for the connect:read permission instead of the connect:write permission, which allows attackers to gain domain:write privileges and execute Qemu binaries via crafted XML. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/55210, http://secunia.com/advisories/60895, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2026-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015259, http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57687fd6bf7f6e1b3662c52f3f26c06ab19dc96c, http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029241

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High