| Name | CVE-2014-7823 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 769149 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libvirt (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.2.9-9+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.0-4+deb9u5 | fixed |
| buster | 5.0.0-4+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 5.0.0-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7.0.0-3+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 9.0.0-4 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 10.2.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libvirt | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| libvirt | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| libvirt | source | (unstable) | 1.2.9-4 | | | 769149 |
Notes
[wheezy] - libvirt <not-affected> (Introduced in v1.0.0)
[squeeze] - libvirt <not-affected> (Introduced in v1.0.0)
Introduced in http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=28f8dfdcccd4c0f69063ef741545b37d8a7f7935 (v1.0.0)
Fixed by http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=b1674ad5a97441b7e1bd5f5ebaff498ef2fbb11b