Credentials management in libvirt - CVE-2014-7823
Published: November 13, 2014 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41108
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7823
CWE-ID: CWE-255
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libvirt.org
Affected software:
libvirt
libvirt
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-7823
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00083.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60010
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62058
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62303
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
- http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0007.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2404-1