Bug 288869

Summary:	app-emulation/qemu-softmmu-*: Insecure Password Vulnerability in VNC 'monitor.c' (CVE-2008-5714)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Martin Alexander Neumann <hotpotatorouting>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	normal	CC:	lu_zero
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33020/
Whiteboard:	C2 [glsa]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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.