CVE-2017-1000256
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: October 31, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxLibvirt
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4003x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000256Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-announce/2017-October/msg00001.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295
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