| Name | CVE-2008-5714 |
| Description | Off-by-one error in monitor.c in Qemu 0.9.1 might make it easier for remote attackers to guess the VNC password, which is limited to seven characters where eight was intended. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1907-1, DTSA-203-1 |
| NVD severity | high |
| Debian Bugs | 509882, 509997 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu (PTS) | jessie | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u6 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u12 | fixed | |
| stretch (security), stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u8 | fixed | |
| buster | 1:3.1+dfsg-8~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 1:4.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kvm | source | (unstable) | 82-1 | low | 509997 | |
| kvm | source | lenny | 72+dfsg-5~lenny3 | DSA-1907-1 | ||
| kvm | source | squeeze | 72+dfsg-5+squeeze1 | DTSA-203-1 | ||
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 0.9.1-10 | low | 509882 | |
| qemu | source | etch | (not affected) |
[etch] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[lenny] - kvm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)