Alpine: multiple libvirt packages: security update to 1.3.5-r0 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401030

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. (CVE-2016-5008)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401030

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5008

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/19/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5008

BID: 91562

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