CVE-2017-1000256
libvirt - security update
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.77%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-1000256
To remediate CVE-2017-1000256, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libvirt—upgrade to 2.5.0-r2 or later
- —upgrade to 3.8.0-3 or later
- —upgrade to 3.0.0-4+deb9u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-1000256 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.5.0-r2
- from 0, < 3.8.0-3
- from 0, < 3.0.0-4+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |