CVE-2011-1146

Publication date 15 March 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Description

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libvirt 10.10 maverick
Fixed 0.8.3-1ubuntu14.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 0.7.5-5ubuntu27.9
9.10 karmic
Fixed 0.7.0-1ubuntu13.3
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

code not present in 8.04 LTS

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