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CVE-2014-8170

ovirt-node: unsafe quoting in command lines

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6

CVSS 2.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · March 5, 2015

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

ovirt_safe_delete_config in ovirtfunctions.py and other unspecified locations in ovirt-node 3.0.0-474-gb852fd7 as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 do not properly quote input strings, which allows remote authenticated users and physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a ; (semicolon) in an input string.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of ovirt-node as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')