vdsm: Users attempting a live storage migration create snapshot without snapshot creation permissions
Published May 1, 2015
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.58%
Description
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Manager before 3.5.1 ignores the permission to deny snapshot creation during live storage migration between domains, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (prevent host start) by creating a long snapshot chain.
Affected products
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- ≤ 3.5.0
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RHEV Manager version 3.5
org.ovirt.engine-root-0:3.5.1-4
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0888
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEV Manager version 3.5 | org.ovirt.engine-root-0:3.5.1-4 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0888 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the versions of ovirt-engine-backend as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
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No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
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AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01579) | 74.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.59% (0.01591) | 72.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.65% (0.00649) | 69.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.13% (0.00130) | 49.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.13% (0.00130) | 48.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.13% (0.00130) | 46.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 51.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 31.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 50.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0888.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032231 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0237 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184716 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0237
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0237
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0888.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032231 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0237 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184716 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0237 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0237 |
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