CVE-2015-5201

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: February 25, 2020 at 08:16 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorEnterprise VirtualizationEnterprise Virtualization Hypervisor

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

VDSM and libvirt in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (aka RHEV-H) 7-7.x before 7-7.2-20151119.0 and 6-6.x before 6-6.7-20151117.0 as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization before 3.5.6 when VSDM is run with -spice disable-ticketing and a VM is suspended and then restored, allows remote attackers to log in without authentication via unspecified vectors.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Enterprise Virtualization · Red Hat

95%

v < 3.5.6

Affected range stops below 3.5.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor · Red Hat

95%

6-6.0 ≤ v < 6-6.7-20151117.07-7 ≤ v < 7-7.2-20151119.07-7.0 ≤ v < 7-7.2-20151119.0

Affected range stops below 6-6.7-20151117.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7-7.2-20151119.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-5201

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253882

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273144

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2015-2527.html

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-306

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