UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0179

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0179

    Published: 3 Aug 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-0179
    Aliases:
    USN-2366-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0179, https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-May/msg00209.html, http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0003.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2366-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0179

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.5

    Affected versions

    1.1.1-0ubuntu8
    1.1.1-0ubuntu9
    1.1.4-0ubuntu2
    1.1.4-0ubuntu3
    1.1.4-0ubuntu4
    1.1.4-0ubuntu5

    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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