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Ubuntu: USN-3576-1 (CVE-2016-5008): libvirt vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3576-1 (CVE-2016-5008): libvirt vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/21/2018
Modified
02/21/2018

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libvirt-bin
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libvirt0

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