CVE-2013-4401

Description

The 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.

How to fix CVE-2013-4401

To remediate CVE-2013-4401, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/libvirt—upgrade to 1.1.4-1 or later

Is CVE-2013-4401 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 1.1.4-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4401