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 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.6% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1160)
- Published
- March 15, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1160 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / libvirt
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617773(Patch)
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=71753cb7f7a16ff800381c0b5ee4e99eea92fed3
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056209.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00022.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/09/3(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/10/5(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43670(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43780
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43897
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43917
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44069
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2194
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0391.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46820
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025262
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1094-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0694
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0700
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0794
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0805
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678406
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=683650(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66012
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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