| Name | CVE-2017-1000256 |
| Description | libvirt version 2.3.0 and later is vulnerable to a bad default configuration of "verify-peer=no" passed to QEMU by libvirt resulting in a failure to validate SSL/TLS certificates by default. |
| 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-4003-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 878799 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libvirt (PTS) | jessie (security), jessie | 1.2.9-9+deb8u5 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch | 3.0.0-4+deb9u3 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 5.0.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libvirt | source | (unstable) | 3.8.0-3 | medium | 878799 | |
| libvirt | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| libvirt | source | stretch | 3.0.0-4+deb9u1 | medium | DSA-4003-1 | |
| libvirt | source | wheezy | (not affected) |
[jessie] - libvirt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[wheezy] - libvirt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-announce/2017-October/msg00001.html
https://security.libvirt.org/2017/0002.html
Broken by: http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=ce61c16450d4992612d1fc6f39a39e79bfccead5 (master)
Fixed by: http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=441d3eb6d1be940a67ce45a286602a967601b157 (master)