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CVE-2014-7823

Published: Nov 13, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
3.3 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7823
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/255.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibvirtRedhat*1.2.10 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.2.0 (including)1.2.0 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.2.1 (including)1.2.1 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.2.2 (including)1.2.2 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.2.3 (including)1.2.3 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.2.4 (including)1.2.4 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.2.5 (including)1.2.5 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.2.6 (including)1.2.6 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.2.7 (including)1.2.7 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.2.8 (including)1.2.8 (including)
LibvirtRedhat1.2.9 (including)1.2.9 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatlibvirt-0:0.10.2-46.el6_6.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatlibvirt-0:1.1.1-29.el7_0.4*
LibvirtUbuntudevel*
LibvirtUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
LibvirtUbuntutrusty*
LibvirtUbuntutrusty/esm*
LibvirtUbuntuutopic*

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