CVE-2013-4401

NameCVE-2013-4401
DescriptionThe virConnectDomainXMLToNative API function in libvirt 1.1.0 through 1.1.3 checks for the connect:read permission instead of the connect:write permission, which allows attackers to gain domain:write privileges and execute Qemu binaries via crafted XML. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs727101

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libvirt (PTS)buster5.0.0-4+deb10u1fixed
bullseye7.0.0-3+deb11u2fixed
bookworm9.0.0-4fixed
trixie10.0.0-2fixed
sid10.1.0-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libvirtsourcesqueeze(not affected)
libvirtsourcewheezy(not affected)
libvirtsource(unstable)1.1.4-1727101

Notes

[squeeze] - libvirt <not-affected> (Introduced in 1.1.0, REMOTE_PROC_CONNECT_DOMAIN_XML_TO|FROM_NATIVE not yet present)
[wheezy] - libvirt <not-affected> (Introduced in 1.1.0, REMOTE_PROC_CONNECT_DOMAIN_XML_TO|FROM_NATIVE not yet present)
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=57687fd6bf7f6e1b3662c52f3f26c06ab19dc96c

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