CVE-2014-7823

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-7823
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-13 21:32:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe virDomainGetXMLDesc API in Libvirt before 1.2.11 allows remote read-only users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_MIGRATABLE flag, which triggers the use of the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-255 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.1 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.2 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.3 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.4 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.5 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.6 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.7 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.8 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.9 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA60895 - Gentoo update for libvirt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Libvirt Security Notice: LSN-2014-0007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.libvirt.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA60010 - SUSE update for libvirt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA62303 - Ubuntu update for libvirt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-2404-1: libvirt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:1471-1: moderate: Security update for libvirt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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