SUSE-SU-2016:1944-1

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CVE-2016-5008
Published: 03 Aug 2016, 13:01
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 03:37

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Aug 2016, 13:01
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 03:37
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Security update for libvirt This update for libvirt fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2016-5008: empty VNC password disables authentication (bsc#987527) Bugs fixed: - bsc#970906: Fixed a race condition in xenstore event handling. - bsc#952889: Change hap setting to align with Xen behavior. - Fixed 'make check' failures.

Affected Systems

  • suse•libvirt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

    < 1.2.5-15.3

  • suse•libvirt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4

    < 1.2.5-15.3

  • suse•libvirt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

    < 1.2.5-15.3

  • suse•perl-Sys-Virt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

    < 1.2.5-4.2

  • suse•perl-Sys-Virt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4

    < 1.2.5-4.2

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