CVE-2014-0179 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2014-0179

libvirt 0.7.5 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5 allows local users to...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

libvirt, enterprise virtualization, opensuse, enterprise linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0.7.5, 0.7.6, 0.7.7, 0.8.0, 0.8.1, 0.8.2, 0.8.3, 0.8.4, 0.8.5, 0.8.6, 0.8.7, 0.8.8, 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.9.6.1, 0.9.6.2, 0.9.6.3, 0.9.7, 0.9.8, 0.9.9, 0.9.10, 0.9.11, 0.9.11.1, 0.9.11.2, 0.9.11.3, 0.9.11.4, 0.9.11.5, 0.9.11.6, 0.9.11.7, 0.9.11.8, 0.9.12, 0.9.13, 0.10.0, 0.10.1, 0.10.2, 0.10.2.1, 0.10.2.2, 0.10.2.3, 0.10.2.4, 0.10.2.5, 0.10.2.6, 0.10.2.7, 0.10.2.8, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.5.1, 1.0.5.2, 1.0.5.3, 1.0.5.4, 1.0.5.5, 1.0.5.6, 1.0.6, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 3.0, 12.3, 13.1, 6.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 3rd, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.