CVE-2008-5086

NameCVE-2008-5086
DescriptionMultiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is read-only, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and perform administrative actions.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libvirt (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.2.9-9+deb8u8fixed
stretch (security)3.0.0-4+deb9u5fixed
stretch (lts), stretch3.0.0-4+deb9u6fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)5.0.0-4+deb10u2fixed
bullseye7.0.0-3+deb11u3fixed
bookworm9.0.0-4+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie10.9.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libvirtsource(unstable)0.4.6-10

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