CVE-2016-5008

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5008
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-07-13T15:59:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-12T23:22:43
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-284 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.3.5
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://security.libvirt.org/2016/0001.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3613
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180092
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00024.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DZZMOMRXNPALA34XDF5NK363KDLAYSTL/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00055.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00054.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91562
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QTQF6LXKEEMJG4VOOCIAPJAD6ACBYP4W/
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2577.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3576-1/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5008
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5008
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:47:22 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:24:06 2016-07-13T15:59Z 2016-07-13T15:59:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:24:06 2018-03-16T01:29:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:24:06 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-13 00:05:55 2023-02-12T23:22:43 CVE Modified Date updated