Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5008
CVE-2016-5008
Description
libvirt before 2.0.0 improperly disables password checking when the password on a VNC server is set to an empty string, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and establish a VNC session by connecting to the server.
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Affected products
14- osv-coords11 versionspkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/perl-Sys-Virt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/perl-Sys-Virt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4
< 1.2.18.4-11.7+ 10 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.18.4-11.7
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-15.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.18.4-11.7
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-27.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-15.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.18.4-11.7
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-15.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.18.4-11.7
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.18.4-11.7
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.2
Patches
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References
11- security.libvirt.org/2016/0001.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00054.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00055.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00024.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2577.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3613nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/91562nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DZZMOMRXNPALA34XDF5NK363KDLAYSTL/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QTQF6LXKEEMJG4VOOCIAPJAD6ACBYP4W/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3576-1/nvd
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