CVE-2017-1000256 (GCVE-0-2017-1000256)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-31 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:00
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-10-31 00:00
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