CVE-2014-0179

Name	CVE-2014-0179
Description	libvirt 0.7.5 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (read block and hang) via a crafted XML document containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference to the (1) virConnectCompareCPU or (2) virConnectBaselineCPU API method, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions of some vectors. CVE-2014-5177 is used for other API methods.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-3038-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libvirt (PTS)	bullseye	7.0.0-3+deb11u3	fixed
	bookworm	9.0.0-4+deb12u1	fixed
	trixie	10.8.0-1	fixed
	sid	10.9.0-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
libvirt	source	wheezy	0.9.12.3-1+deb7u1		DSA-3038-1
libvirt	source	(unstable)	1.2.4-1	unimportant

Notes

no ACL mechanism in squeeze and wheezy and all access is root-equivalent
LSN-2014-0003: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-May/msg00209.html