Improper Authorization Affecting libvirt-daemon package, versions <0:1.2.8-16.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBVIRTDAEMON-4549971
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Jan 2015

Introduced: 22 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-0236  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-285  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libvirt-daemon to version 0:1.2.8-16.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0323.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-daemon package and not the libvirt-daemon package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

libvirt before 1.2.12 allow remote authenticated users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag with a crafted (1) snapshot to the virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc interface or (2) image to the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc interface.

CVSS Scores

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