[Qemu-devel] [Bug 697197] Re: Empty password allows access to VNC in libvirt

[Neil Wilson]

Installed patched build onto Maverick server. vnc_listen set to 0.0.0.0
in /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf

Set vnc_password=""' with vnc_tls=1 in /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf and
confirmed that the lanched server now rejects authentication for any
password, whereas it turned off authentication and encryption completely
before.

Hashed out vnc_password and left vnc_tls=1 in /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf.
Confirmed that the server uses anonymous auth with TLS. Allows the user
on without a password. qemu-kvm launched with -vnc
0.0.0.0:0,tls,x509=/etc/pki/libvirt-vnc

Hashed out vnc_tls=1. Confirmed server allows direct access to VNC.
qemu-kvm launched with -vnc 0.0.0.0:0

Set vnc_password="". Confirmed server rejects authentication for any
password, with no encryption. Again previously it had just let the user
on. qemu-kvm launched with -vnc 0.0.0.0:0,password

set vnc_password="password". Confirmed server accepts authentication
with that password. qemu-kvm launched with -vnc 0.0.0.0:0,password

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/697197

Title:
  Empty password allows access to VNC in libvirt

Status in libvirt virtualization API:
  Unknown
Status in QEMU:
  New
Status in qemu-kvm:
  Unknown
Status in “libvirt” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The help in the /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf states

  "To allow access without passwords, leave this commented out. An empty
  string will still enable passwords, but be rejected by QEMU
  effectively preventing any use of VNC."

  yet setting:

  vnc_password=""

  allows access to the vnc console without any password prompt just as
  if it is hashed out completely.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: libvirt-bin 0.8.3-1ubuntu14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-server 2.6.35.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-server x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jan  4 12:18:35 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 
(20100816.2)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: libvirt