CVE-2014-7823

NameCVE-2014-7823
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs769149

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libvirt (PTS)bullseye7.0.0-3+deb11u3fixed
bookworm9.0.0-4+deb12u2fixed
trixie10.10.0-3fixed
sid10.10.0-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libvirtsourcesqueeze(not affected)
libvirtsourcewheezy(not affected)
libvirtsource(unstable)1.2.9-4769149

Notes

[wheezy] - libvirt <not-affected> (Introduced in v1.0.0)
[squeeze] - libvirt <not-affected> (Introduced in v1.0.0)
Introduced in http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=28f8dfdcccd4c0f69063ef741545b37d8a7f7935 (v1.0.0)
Fixed by http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=b1674ad5a97441b7e1bd5f5ebaff498ef2fbb11b

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