CVE-2008-5714 (GCVE-0-2008-5714)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-24 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 11:04
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Off-by-one error in monitor.c in Qemu 0.9.1 might make it easier for remote attackers to guess the VNC password, which is limited to seven characters where eight was intended.
References
cve@mitre.org http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-11/msg01224.html
cve@mitre.org http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-12/msg00498.html
cve@mitre.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
cve@mitre.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/35062
cve@mitre.org http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5966
cve@mitre.org http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/monitor.c?root=qemu&r1=5966&r2=5965&pathrev=5966
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33020
cve@mitre.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47683
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-11/msg01224.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-12/msg00498.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/35062
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5966
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/monitor.c?root=qemu&r1=5966&r2=5965&pathrev=5966
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33020
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47683
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