CVE-2015-0236
libvirt: missing ACL check for the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag in save images and snapshots objects
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · January 22, 2015
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
It was discovered that the virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc() and virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc() functions did not sufficiently limit the usage of the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag when fine-grained ACLs were enabled. A remote attacker able to establish a connection to libvirtd could use this flaw to obtain certain sensitive information from the domain XML file.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.9AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE-1220 · Insufficient Granularity of Access Control