MGASA-2014-0470

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    MGASA-2014-0470

    Published: 21 Nov 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-7823

    Summary: Updated libvirt packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Eric Blake discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled permissions when processing the qemuDomainFormatXML command. An attacker with read-only privileges could possibly use this to gain access to certain information from the domain xml file (CVE-2014-7823).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0470.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14529, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2404-1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libvirt?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.2-8.7.mga3

    Affected versions

    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
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