CVE-2008-5086

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2008-12-17
Bugzilla:
476560: CVE-2008-5086 libvirt: missing checks for read-only connection

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2008-5086 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.6
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization 5 (libvirt) RHSA-2009:0382 2009-03-19

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