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CVE-2011-1146 Detail

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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617773 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=71753cb7f7a16ff800381c0b5ee4e99eea92fed3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056209.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00022.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/09/3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/5 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43670 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43780 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/43897 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/43917 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/44069 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2194 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0391.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46820 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025262 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1094-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0694 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0700 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0794 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0805 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678406 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=683650 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66012 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1146
NVD Published Date:
03/15/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.