CVE-2015-5247

MEDIUM

libvirt 1.2.14-1.2.19 - Authenticated Denial of Service via virStorageVolCreateXML API

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)

Core 2

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://security.libvirt.org/2015/0003.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2867-1

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0137

EPSS Percentile 68.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-284

Status published

Products (10)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.10

redhat/libvirt 1.2.14

redhat/libvirt 1.2.15

redhat/libvirt 1.2.16

redhat/libvirt 1.2.17

redhat/libvirt 1.2.18

redhat/libvirt 1.2.19

Published Apr 14, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026