High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-1000256
CVE-2017-1000256
Description
libvirt version 2.3.0 and later is vulnerable to a bad default configuration of "verify-peer=no" passed to QEMU by libvirt resulting in a failure to validate SSL/TLS certificates by default.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
4- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4003nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000256nvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-announce/2017-October/msg00001.htmlnvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg1556251.htmlnvd
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