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SUSE: CVE-2016-5008: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-5008: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/26/2016
Modified
06/20/2021

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)

  • suse-upgrade-libvirt
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-client
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-client-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-config-network
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-interface
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-network
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-lxc
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-qemu
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-xen
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-doc
  • suse-upgrade-libvirt-lock-sanlock
  • suse-upgrade-perl-sys-virt

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:1944-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2053-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:2141-1
  • RHSA-2016:2577
  • DLA-541-1
  • DSA-3613
  • 91562
  • USN-3576-1
  • CVE-2016-5008
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