CVE-2011-1146

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1146
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-03-15 17:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionlibvirt.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Libvirt 0.8.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for libvirt - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libvirt.org
libvirt Security Bypass and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
libvirt API Access Control Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service and Potentially Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
SUSE update for libvirt - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for libvirt - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
openSUSE-SU-2011:0311-1 (important): libvirt security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: libvirt: several API calls do not honour read-only connection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Bug 683650 – CVE-2011-1146 libvirt: several API calls do not honour read-only connection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2194-1 libvirt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: libvirt-0.8.8-3.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
USN-1094-1: Libvirt vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
#617773 - libvirt: several API calls do not honour read-only connection - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Patch
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Red Hat update for libvirt - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - CVE request: libvirt: several API calls do not honour read-only connection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
libvirt Multiple Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit MITRE libvirt.org
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