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TITLE:
virt-v2v Guest Conversion VNC Password Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47086

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-12-07

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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in virt-v2v, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to virt-v2v not properly honoring
the VNC console password when converting guests to a KVM guest. This
can be exploited to access the VNC console of the newly converted
guest without a password, although the original guest required a
password.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 0.8.4.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.8.4.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Red Hat Bug #702754:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702754

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