CVE-2015-5247 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2015-5247

The virStorageVolCreateXML API in libvirt 1.2.14 through 1.2.19 allows remote...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

libvirt, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
1.2.14, 1.2.15, 1.2.16, 1.2.17, 1.2.18, 1.2.19, 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10

Timeline

Official Publish: April 14th, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.