288869 – app-emulation/qemu-softmmu-*: Insecure Password Vulnerability in VNC 'monitor.c' (CVE-2008-5714)

Bug 288869 - app-emulation/qemu-softmmu-*: Insecure Password Vulnerability in VNC 'monitor.c' (CVE-2008-5714)

Summary: app-emulation/qemu-softmmu-*: Insecure Password Vulnerability in VNC 'monitor...

Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33020/
Whiteboard:	C2 [glsa]
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Reported:	2009-10-13 12:56 UTC by Martin Alexander Neumann
Modified:	2013-08-28 18:18 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Martin Alexander Neumann 2009-10-13 12:56:36 UTC

QEMU is prone to an insecure-password vulnerability.

Attackers may exploit this issue to make brute-force attacks against passwords that are weaker than expected.

QEMU 9.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. 

Reproducible: Didn't try

Comment 1 Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester

2009-10-15 17:56:22 UTC

Sorry, arches.

Comment 2 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-03-08 16:24:15 UTC

Removed from tree.

Comment 3 Sean Amoss (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-03-09 17:46:41 UTC

Added to existing GLSA request.

Comment 4 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-02-10 21:50:48 UTC

Going on 5 years here guys. This has been out of the tree for a while as well.