CVE-2014-7823
It was found that when the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE flag was used, the QEMU driver implementation of the virDomainGetXMLDesc() function could bypass the restrictions of the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag. A remote attacker able to establish a read-only connection to libvirtd could use this flaw to leak certain limited information from the domain XML data.
Find out more about CVE-2014-7823 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue does not affect the versions of libvirt packages as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This issue does affect the versions of libvirt packages as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Future updates may address this issue in the
respective Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libvirt) | RHSA-2014:1873 | 2014-11-18 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libvirt) | RHSA-2015:0008 | 2015-01-05 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 2.1 | libvirt | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libvirt | Not affected |