CVE-2016-5008 (GCVE-0-2016-5008)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-07-13 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:46
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00054.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00055.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00024.html
secalert@redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2577.html
secalert@redhat.com http://security.libvirt.org/2016/0001.html Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3613
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91562
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180092
secalert@redhat.com https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DZZMOMRXNPALA34XDF5NK363KDLAYSTL/
secalert@redhat.com https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QTQF6LXKEEMJG4VOOCIAPJAD6ACBYP4W/
secalert@redhat.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/3576-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00054.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00055.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00024.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2577.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://security.libvirt.org/2016/0001.html Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3613
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91562
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180092
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DZZMOMRXNPALA34XDF5NK363KDLAYSTL/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QTQF6LXKEEMJG4VOOCIAPJAD6ACBYP4W/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3576-1/
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