Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Apr 14, 2016· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-4600
CVE-2011-4600
Description
The networkReloadIptablesRules function in network/bridge_driver.c in libvirt before 0.9.9 does not properly handle firewall rules on bridge networks when libvirtd is restarted, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a (1) DNS or (2) DHCP query.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
4- libvirt.org/news-2012.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- libvirt.org/git/nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2867-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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