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CVE-2014-7823

Published: 5 November 2014

The 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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
introduced by http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=28f8dfdcccd4c0f69063ef741545b37d8a7f7935

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
libvirt
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Not vulnerable
(0.7.5-5ubuntu27.24)
precise Not vulnerable
(0.9.8-2ubuntu17.20)
trusty
Released (1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.7)
upstream Needs triage

utopic
Released (1.2.8-0ubuntu11.1)
Patches:
upstream: http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=b1674ad5a97441b7e1bd5f5ebaff498ef2fbb11b