CVE-2011-1146

NameCVE-2011-1146
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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2194-1
Debian Bugs617773

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libvirt (PTS)buster5.0.0-4+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)5.0.0-4+deb10u2fixed
bullseye7.0.0-3+deb11u2fixed
bookworm9.0.0-4fixed
trixie10.0.0-2fixed
sid10.2.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libvirtsourcelenny(not affected)
libvirtsourcesqueeze0.8.3-5+squeeze1DSA-2194-1
libvirtsource(unstable)0.8.8-3low617773

Notes

[lenny] - libvirt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=683650

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