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USN-1063-1: QEMU vulnerability

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USN-1063-1: QEMU vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/21/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

qemu-kvm before 0.11.0 disables VNC authentication when the password is cleared, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and establish VNC sessions.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-arm-static
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-common
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-kvm-extras
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-kvm-extras-static

References

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