libvirt 0.7.5 through 1.2.x before 1.2.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (read block and hang) via a crafted XML document containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference to the (1) virConnectCompareCPU or (2) virConnectBaselineCPU API method, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.  NOTE: this issue was SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions of some vectors. CVE-2014-5177 is used for other API methods.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2014-08-03T18:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T09:05:39.165Z
Reserved: 2013-12-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-0179
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                        Vulnrichment
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2014-08-03T18:55:05.630
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2014-0179
 Redhat
                        Redhat