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CVE-2014-7823

Date: November 13, 2014

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (11)

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2404-1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7823

Url: http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0007.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/60010

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7823

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/62058

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/60895

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00083.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/62303

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-7823

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Credentials Management

CWE-255

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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