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Improper Access Control Affecting libvirt package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.74% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-LIBVIRT-351251
  • published13 Jul 2016
  • 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?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:12.04 libvirt.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt package and not the libvirt package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 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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