RHSA-2011:0345Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security update

Published
March 10, 2011
Last Modified
January 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2011-0011 →

📋 Description

CVE-2011-0011 — qemu-kvm: Setting VNC password to empty string silently disables all authentication

🎯 Affected products24

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • qemu-kvm-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (4)