Explain CVE-2011-1146
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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '43897', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/43897'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2011:0391', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0391.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678406'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2011-3286', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056209.html'}, {'name': 'USN-1094-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1094-1'}, {'name': '43670', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/43670'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=71753cb7f7a16ff800381c0b5ee4e99eea92fed3'}, {'name': '44069', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/44069'}, {'name': '46820', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46820'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110309 CVE request: libvirt: several API calls do not honour read-only connection', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/09/3'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2011:0311', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00022.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2011-0794', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0794'}, {'name': 'DSA-2194', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2194'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=683650'}, {'name': '1025262', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025262'}, {'name': '43917', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/43917'}, {'name': 'ADV-2011-0700', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0700'}, {'name': 'ADV-2011-0694', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0694'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110310 Re: CVE request: libvirt: several API calls do not honour read-only connection', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/5'}, {'name': '43780', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/43780'}, {'name': 'libvirt-apicalls-dos(66012)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66012'}, {'name': 'ADV-2011-0805', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0805'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617773'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED