CVE-2015-0236

Summary

CVECVE-2015-0236
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-29 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:15:00 UTC
Descriptionlibvirt before 1.2.12 allow remote authenticated users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag with a crafted (1) snapshot to the virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc interface or (2) image to the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc interface.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 4.0 All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 4.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.1 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.10 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 1.2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.1 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.2.10 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Libvirt Security Notice: LSN-2015-0001 CONFIRM security.libvirt.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:0225-1: moderate: Security update for libvirt SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA62766 - SUSE update for libvirt - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com | CVE-2015-0236 MISC access.redhat.com
1184431 – (CVE-2015-0236) CVE-2015-0236 libvirt: missing ACL check for the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag in save images and snapshots objects MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
USN-2867-1: libvirt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:070 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:035 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0046 - Updated libvirt packages fix CVE-2015-0236 CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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