CVE-2014-0028

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2014-0028  

libvirt 1.1.1 through 1.2.0 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the domain:getattr and connect:search_domains restrictions in ACLs and obtain sensitive domain object information via a request to the (1) virConnectDomainEventRegister and (2) virConnectDomainEventRegisterAny functions in the event registration API.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

libvirt 1.1.1 through 1.2.0 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass the domain:getattr and connect:search_domains restrictions in ACLs and obtain sensitive domain object information via a request to the (1) virConnectDomainEventRegister and (2) virConnectDomainEventRegisterAny functions in the event registration API.

Find out more about CVE-2014-0028 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable.

This issue did not affect the libvirt packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Gluster Storage 2.1 libvirt Not affected
Red Hat Gluster Storage 2.0 libvirt Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libvirt Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libvirt Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libvirt Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Eric Blake of the Red Hat libvirt team.