Vulnerability: Bypassing Authentication in libvirt VNC Server

CVE-2016-5008 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

libvirt before 2.0.0 improperly disables password checking when the password on a VNC server is set to an empty string, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and establish a VNC session by connecting to the server.

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