| Name | CVE-2015-5247 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 799132 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libvirt (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.2.9-9+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.0-4+deb9u5 | fixed |
| buster | 5.0.0-4+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 5.0.0-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7.0.0-3+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 9.0.0-4 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 10.2.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libvirt | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| libvirt | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| libvirt | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| libvirt | source | (unstable) | 1.2.20-1 | | | 799132 |
Notes
[jessie] - libvirt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[wheezy] - libvirt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[squeeze] - libvirt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
http://security.libvirt.org/2015/0003.html
Broken by https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=155ca616eb231181f6978efc9e3a1eb0eb60af8a (v1.2.14-rc1)
and by https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=7c2d65dde2595c07d56aad1e043f7b1836592d89 (v1.2.16-rc1)