CVE-2015-0236
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.5
Description
libvirt before 1.2.12 allow remote authenticated users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag with a crafted (1) snapshot to the virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc interface or (2) image to the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc interface.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Red Hat Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 15.10 | Affected | — |
| 15.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
SUSE Mixed 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.2 | Not affected | — |
| 13.1 | Not affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.2.9-8 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.2.9-8 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.2.9-8 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.2.9-8 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.2.9-8 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0236.html
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0046.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00028.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0323.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62766
- http://security.libvirt.org/2015/0001.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:035
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:070
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2867-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0236
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.