CVE-2011-1773

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2010-01-23
Bugzilla:
702754: CVE-2011-1773 virt-v2v: vnc password protection is missing after vm conversion

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

virt-v2v before 0.8.4 does not preserve the VNC console password when converting a guest, which allows local users to bypass the intended VNC authentication by connecting without a password.

Find out more about CVE-2011-1773 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.7
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (virt-v2v) RHSA-2011:1615 2011-12-05

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 virt-v2v Will not fix

Last Modified

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