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Improper Access Control Affecting libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu package, versions <0:2.0.0-10.el7

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.74% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-LIBVIRTDAEMONDRIVERQEMU-2510937
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Jul 2016
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Introduced: 13 Jul 2016

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu to version 0:2.0.0-10.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-2577.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu package and not the libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 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.

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