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.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2016-07-13T15:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:40.241Z
Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-5008
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    No data.
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-07-13T15:59:05.873
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2016-5008
 Redhat
                        Redhat