CVE-2015-0236

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-01-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

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.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10
Mageia: 4.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0
libvirt: through 1.2.11; 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5 (+5)

References

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
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

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