Bug 1043949 - gnome-boxes: local users can use SPICE connections to access other user's boxes
Summary: gnome-boxes: local users can use SPICE connections to access other user's boxes
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-boxes
Version: 22
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Christophe Fergeau
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 1043950
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-12-17 13:45 UTC by Florian Weimer
Modified: 2016-07-19 10:47 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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: 1043950 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed: 2016-07-19 10:47:42 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Florian Weimer 2013-12-17 13:45:40 UTC
Boxes does not prevent other local users from using the SPICE protocols to access the console of virtual machines created using gnome-boxes.

Using UNIX domain socket connections by default would be the best solution for this.  Automatically generated random passwords do not authenticate the server and allow it to be impersonated by other users because it is usually running on an untrusted port.

Verified with gnome-boxes from 3.8, but I don't think this has changed in later versions.

Comment 1 Jaroslav Reznik 2015-03-03 15:20:03 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 22 development cycle.
Changing version to '22'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Program_Management/HouseKeeping/Fedora22

Comment 2 Fedora End Of Life 2016-07-19 10:47:42 UTC
Fedora 22 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2016-07-19. Fedora 22 is
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

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