CVE-2015-5247

MEDIUM

libvirt <1.2.20 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The virStorageVolCreateXML API in libvirt 1.2.14 through 1.2.19 allows remote authenticated users with a read-write connection to cause a denial of service (libvirtd crash) by triggering a failed unlink after creating a volume on a root_squash NFS pool.

References (2)

[Vendor Advisory] http://security.libvirt.org/2015/0003.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2867-1

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0049

EPSS Percentile 65.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-284

Status draft

Affected Products (10)

redhat/libvirt

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Apr 14, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026