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CVE-2015-5247

Published: 16 September 2015

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
tyhicks
affects 1.2.14 to 1.2.19

Priority

Low

CVSS 3 base score: 6.5

Status

Package Release Status
libvirt
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needed

precise Not vulnerable

trusty Not vulnerable

vivid Not vulnerable
(1.2.12-0ubuntu14.2)
wily
Released (1.2.16-2ubuntu11.15.10.2)
Patches:
upstream: http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=9e48400f4606bac16b7e4db195f610928c3d5a04 (1.2.16)
upstream: http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=2f4b41861c1729ff4b754986782d7428ccdca455 (1.2.16)
upstream: http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=7f0505705c70f7eb1e435a2e7732d1a74abfadfd (1.2.16)