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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2008-5086 json

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 acce…

published 2008-12-19 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5065

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • libvirt Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.4.6-10

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5086

  • libvirt RHEL 5 VIRTUALIZATION 0.3.3-14.el5_3.1
  • libvirt-python RHEL 5 VIRTUALIZATION 0.3.3-14.el5_3.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0382

  • libvirt openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.7.0-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11008-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-5086 updated cvss 3.6

libvirt: missing checks for read-only connection

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client) libvirt 0.3.3-14.el5_3.1, libvirt-python 0.3.3-14.el5_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server) libvirt 0.3.3-14.el5_3.1, libvirt-python 0.3.3-14.el5_3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0382

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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