CVE-2014-7823

Publication date 5 November 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libvirt	14.10 utopic	Fixed 1.2.8-0ubuntu11.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.7
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced by http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=28f8dfdcccd4c0f69063ef741545b37d8a7f7935

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libvirt	Upstream: http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=b1674ad5a97441b7e1bd5f5ebaff498ef2fbb11b

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)