CVE-2014-7823
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
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.
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.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.2.9-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.2.9-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.2.9-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.2.9-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.2.9-4 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00083.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60010
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62058
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62303
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
- http://security.libvirt.org/2014/0007.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2404-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7823
CWEs
CWE-255
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.