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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-5086

Published: Dec 19, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
3.6 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5086
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Multiple 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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibvirtLibvirt0.3.2 (including)0.3.2 (including)
LibvirtLibvirt0.3.3 (including)0.3.3 (including)
LibvirtLibvirt0.4.1 (including)0.4.1 (including)
LibvirtLibvirt0.4.2 (including)0.4.2 (including)
LibvirtLibvirt0.4.6 (including)0.4.6 (including)
LibvirtLibvirt0.5.0 (including)0.5.0 (including)
LibvirtLibvirt0.5.1 (including)0.5.1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatlibvirt-0:0.3.3-14.el5_3.1*
LibvirtUbuntudevel*
LibvirtUbuntugutsy*
LibvirtUbuntuhardy*
LibvirtUbuntuintrepid*
LibvirtUbuntuupstream*

References

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