CVE-2008-5086

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5086
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-19 17:30:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is read-only, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and perform administrative actions.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.3.2 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.3.3 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.4.1 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.4.2 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.4.6 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.5.0 All All All
Application Libvirt Libvirt 0.5.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[libvirt] [SECURITY] PATCH: Fix missing read-only access checks (CVE-200 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for libvirt - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 476560 – CVE-2008-5086 libvirt: missing checks for read-only connection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Support | Red Hat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
libvirt Local Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
libvirt Security Bypass Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
osvdb.org/50919 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Red Hat update for libvirt - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: libvirt-0.5.1-2.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Fedora update for libvirt - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-694-1: libvirt vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
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