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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-5008) ELSA-2016-2577: libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-5008) ELSA-2016-2577: libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/09/2016
Modified
08/11/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-client
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-config-network
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-interface
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-network
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-kvm
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-lxc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-docs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-lock-sanlock
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-login-shell
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-nss

References

  • ELSA-2016-2577
  • DLA-541-1
  • DSA-3613
  • USN-3576-1
  • CVE-2016-5008

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