CVE-2008-5714

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

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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+deb8u14	fixed
	stretch	1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u8	fixed
	stretch (security)	1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u9	fixed
	buster	1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3	fixed
	buster (security)	1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u4	fixed
	bullseye, sid	1:4.2-3	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)