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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…
Medium6.9EPSS 1.6%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
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References (23)
- 43897 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0391 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678406 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-3286 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-1094-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 43670 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=71753cb7f7a16ff800381c0b5ee4e99eea92fed3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44069 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 46820 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110309 CVE request: libvirt: several API calls do not honour read-only connection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2011:0311 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0794 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-2194 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=683650 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1025262 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 43917 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0700 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0694 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110310 Re: CVE request: libvirt: several API calls do not honour read-only connection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 43780 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- libvirt-apicalls-dos(66012) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0805 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617773 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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