CVE-2008-5714
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · CWE-189
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-11/msg01224.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-12/msg00498.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35062
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5966