libvirt 1.0.0 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5, when fine grained access control is enabled, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference to the (1) virDomainDefineXML, (2) virNetworkCreateXML, (3) virNetworkDefineXML, (4) virStoragePoolCreateXML, (5) virStoragePoolDefineXML, (6) virStorageVolCreateXML, (7) virDomainCreateXML, (8) virNodeDeviceCreateXML, (9) virInterfaceDefineXML, (10) virStorageVolCreateXMLFrom, (11) virConnectDomainXMLFromNative, (12) virConnectDomainXMLToNative, (13) virSecretDefineXML, (14) virNWFilterDefineXML, (15) virDomainSnapshotCreateXML, (16) virDomainSaveImageDefineXML, (17) virDomainCreateXMLWithFiles, (18) virConnectCompareCPU, or (19) virConnectBaselineCPU API method, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2014-0179 per ADT3 due to different affected versions of some vectors.
CVE-2014-5177 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from redhat, from opensuse, from redhat and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2014-08-03T18:55:05.693
2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Deferred
CVSSv2: 1.2 (LOW)
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
1.9
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | redhat | enterprise_virtualization | 3.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | opensuse | opensuse | 12.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | opensuse | opensuse | 13.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 6.0 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.0.0 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.1 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.2 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.3 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.4 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.5 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.0.5.6 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.0.6 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.1.0 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.1.2 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.1.3 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.1.4 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.2.0 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.2.1 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.2.2 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.2.3 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | libvirt | 1.2.4 | Yes |
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