CVE-2017-1000256

Summary

CVECVE-2017-1000256
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-31 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
Descriptionlibvirt version 2.3.0 and later is vulnerable to a bad default configuration of "verify-peer=no" passed to QEMU by libvirt resulting in a failure to validate SSL/TLS certificates by default.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.1 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-295 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 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
CVE-2017-1000256 - Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Bug#878799: CVE-2017-1000256/LSN-2017-0002: TLS certificate verification disabled for clients af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mail-archive.com
[Libvirt-announce] LSN-2017-0002 - TLS certificate verification disabled af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4003-1 libvirt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Bug#878799: CVE-2017-1000256/LSN-2017-0002: TLS certificate verification disabled for clients MITRE www.mail-archive.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900071 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for libvirt 6.1.0
  • 902935 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libvirt (2684)
  • 905924 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libvirt (2684-1)

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