CVE-2017-1000256

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 31 Oct 2017, 15:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 22:00

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
33/100
CVSS Score
8.1 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.77% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Oct 2017, 15:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 22:00
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

libvirt version 2.3.0 and later is vulnerable to a bad default configuration of "verify-peer=no" passed to QEMU by libvirt resulting in a failure to validate SSL/TLS certificates by default.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.77%• Percentile: 74%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-295•Improper Certificate Validation

    The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0

  • redhat•libvirt

    ≥ 2.3.0, < 3.9.0

References (4)