CVE-2011-0011

Summary

CVECVE-2011-0011
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-21 15:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionqemu-kvm before 0.11.0 disables VNC authentication when the password is cleared, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and establish VNC sessions.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.6 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.6 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu All rc2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request: qemu-kvm: Setting VNC password to empty string silently disables all authentication af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
USN-1063-1: QEMU vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
QEMU Empty VNC Password Authentication Bypass Security Issue - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for qemu-kvm - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug #697197 “Empty password allows access to VNC in libvirt” : Bugs : “libvirt” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
oss-security - CVE request: qemu-kvm: Setting VNC password to empty string silently disables all authentication af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Ubuntu update for qemu-kvm - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: qemu-kvm: Setting VNC password to empty string silently disables all authentication af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
www.osvdb.org/70992 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Security Advisory SA43733 - Red Hat update for qemu-kvm - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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