| Name | CVE-2016-5008 |
| Description | libvirt before 2.0.0 improperly disables password checking when the password on a VNC server is set to an empty string, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and establish a VNC session by connecting to the server. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-541-1, DSA-3613-1 |
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+deb8u8 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 3.0.0-4+deb9u5 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.0-4+deb9u6 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 5.0.0-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7.0.0-3+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 9.0.0-4+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 10.9.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180092
Fixed by: https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=bb848feec0f3f10e92dd8e5231ae7aa89b5598f3 (v2.0.0)
Fixed by: https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=f32441c69bf450d6ac593c3acd621c37e120cdaf (v1.2.9-maint)
http://security.libvirt.org/2016/0001.html