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

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.74% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBVIRTDEVEL-5119737
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 Jan 2015
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Introduced: 18 Jan 2015

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libvirt-devel to version 0:2.0.0-10.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2577.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-devel package and not the libvirt-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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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