CVE-2015-5247 - Improper Access Control

Severity

40%

Complexity

80%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-04-14 15:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-04-18 18:37:00

Affected Software

Red Hat libvirt 1.2.14

1.2.14

Red Hat libvirt 1.2.15

1.2.15

Red Hat libvirt 1.2.16

1.2.16

Red Hat libvirt 1.2.17

1.2.17

Red Hat libvirt 1.2.18

1.2.18

Red Hat libvirt 1.2.19

1.2.19

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS

12.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04

15.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10

15.10

References

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

Vendor Advisory

USN-2867-1

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