CVE-2016-5008 (GCVE-0-2016-5008)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-07-13 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:46
VLAI
Summary
libvirt before 2.0.0 improperly disables password checking when the password on a VNC server is set to an empty string, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and establish a VNC session by connecting to the server.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91562 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://security.libvirt.org/2016/0001.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2577.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3576-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2016-06-30 00:00
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