libvirt — security advisory

{
  "id": "6dfcd44ea837693fc366ccf01877c1529a91fba89577371d47fc5ebb34b0baab",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5177",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5177",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5177",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libvirt",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.2.4-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libvirt",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.2.4-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libvirt",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.2.4-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5177",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5177"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.2.4-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libvirt",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libvirt?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5177.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.2.4-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libvirt",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libvirt?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5177.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.2.4-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libvirt",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libvirt?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5177.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T15:47:36.791040706Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2014-5177"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5177"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2014-5177",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 414370,
  "published_at": "2014-08-03T18:55:05.693+00:00"
}