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CVE-2008-5086 Details

Description

Multiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is read-only, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and perform administrative actions.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html	CVE
http://osvdb.org/50919	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476560	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33198	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33217	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33292	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34397	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8765	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-December/msg00522.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00938.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32905	CVE	Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-694-1	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/50919	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476560	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33198	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33217	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33292	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34397	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8765	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-December/msg00522.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00938.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32905	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-694-1	[email protected]

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
libvirt libvirt	0.3.2 0.3.3 0.4.1 0.4.2 0.4.6
CPE cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:0.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:0.3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:0.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:0.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:0.4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:0.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libvirt:libvirt:0.5.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 19, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]