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CVE-2011-1146

libvirt.c in the API in Red Hat libvirt 0.8.8 does not properly restrict operations in a read-only connection, which all

libvirt.c in the API in Red Hat libvirt 0.8.8 does not properly restrict operations in a read-only connection, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) virNodeDeviceDettach, (2) virNodeDeviceReset, (3) virDomainRevertToSnapshot, (4) virDomainSnapshotDelete, (5) virNodeDeviceReAttach, or (6) virConnectDomainXMLToNative call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5086.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.01556
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Affected Products & Versions

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redhat libvirtall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.9
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD15 Mar 2011 · 05:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10209-1
usnUSN-1094-1
rhsaRHSA-2011:0391Important
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617773Patch
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056209.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00022.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/09/3Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/5Patch
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