USN-2404-1

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    USN-2404-1

    Published: 11 Nov 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: libvirt vulnerabilities

    Details: Pavel Hrdina discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled locking when processing the virConnectListAllDomains command. An attacker could use this issue to cause libvirtd to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3657) 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2404-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3657, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7823

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.7

    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
    USN-2404-1 | CVE-DB