CVE-2008-5086

Current Description

Multiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is read-only, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and perform administrative actions.

Referenced by CVEs:CVE-2011-1146

Basic Data

PublishedDecember 19, 2008
Last ModifiedSeptember 29, 2017
Assignercve@mitre.org
Data TypeCVE
Data FormatMITRE
Data Version4.0
Problem TypeNVD-CWE-Other
CVE Data Version4.0

Base Metric V2

CVSS 2 - Version2.0
CVSS 2 - Vector StringAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS 2 - Access VectorLOCAL
CVSS 2 - Access ComplexityLOW
CVSS 2 - AuthenticationNONE
CVSS 2 - Confidentiality ImpactCOMPLETE
CVSS 2 - Availability ImpactCOMPLETE
CVSS 2 - Base Score7.2
SeverityHIGH
Exploitability Score3.9
Impact Score10.0
Obtain All Privilegetrue
Obtain User Privilegefalse
Obtain Other Privilegefalse

Base Metric V3

No data provided.

Configurations

  • OR - Configuration 1
    Cpe VersionPartVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguageSW EditionTarget SWTarget HWOtherVersion Start IncludingVersion End IncludingVersion Start ExcludingVersion End Excluding
    2.3ApplicationLibvirtLibvirt0.3.2*******
    2.3ApplicationLibvirtLibvirt0.3.3*******
    2.3ApplicationLibvirtLibvirt0.4.1*******
    2.3ApplicationLibvirtLibvirt0.4.2*******
    2.3ApplicationLibvirtLibvirt0.4.6*******
    2.3ApplicationLibvirtLibvirt0.5.0*******
    2.3ApplicationLibvirtLibvirt0.5.1*******

Vulnerable Software List

VendorProductVersions
Libvirt Libvirt 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.6, 0.5.0, 0.5.1

References

NameSourceURLTags
SUSE-SR:2009:004http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.htmlSUSE
50919http://osvdb.org/50919OSVDB
33198http://secunia.com/advisories/33198SECUNIA
33217http://secunia.com/advisories/33217SECUNIAVendor Advisory
33292http://secunia.com/advisories/33292SECUNIA
34397http://secunia.com/advisories/34397SECUNIA
FEDORA-2008-11433http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00938.htmlFEDORA
RHSA-2009:0382http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.htmlREDHAT
32905http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32905BIDPATCH
USN-694-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-694-1UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476560https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476560CONFIRM
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8765https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8765OVAL
[libvirt] 20081217 [SECURITY] PATCH: Fix missing read-only access checks (CVE-2008-5086)https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-December/msg00522.htmlMLIST