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Improper Access Control Affecting libvirt package, versions <1.2.21-r1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.65% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE33-LIBVIRT-468289
  • published22 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown
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Introduced: 22 Sep 2019

CVE-2016-5008  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.3 libvirt to version 1.2.21-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt package and not the libvirt package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.