RHEV: vdsm spice disable-ticketing and VM suspend and restore allows auth bypass
Published Feb 25, 2020
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.46%
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 products
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- Version 7-7.x before 7-7.2-20151119.0 and 6-6.x before 6-6.7-20151117.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (aka RHEV-H) | n/a |
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- < 3.5.6
- ≥ 6-6.0 · < 6-6.7-20151117.0
- ≥ 7-7.0 · < 7-7.2-20151119.0
No data.
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6
rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.7-20151123.0.el6ev
Fixed · RHEA-2015:2527
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6
rhev-hypervisor7-0:7.2-20151129.1.el6ev
Fixed · RHEA-2015:2527
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-7
rhev-hypervisor7-0:7.2-20151129.1.el7ev
Fixed · RHEA-2015:2527
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3
vdsm
Affected
Red Hat Storage 2
vdsm
Will not fix
Red Hat Storage 3
vdsm
Under investigation
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6 | rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.7-20151123.0.el6ev | Fixed | RHEA-2015:2527 |
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6 | rhev-hypervisor7-0:7.2-20151129.1.el6ev | Fixed | RHEA-2015:2527 |
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-7 | rhev-hypervisor7-0:7.2-20151129.1.el7ev | Fixed | RHEA-2015:2527 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 | vdsm | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 2 | vdsm | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | vdsm | Under investigation | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in RHSA-2015-2527 (https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2015-2527.html) in the rhev-hypervisor package.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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 1, 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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.46% (0.01462) | 72.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.46% (0.01462) | 70.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.46% (0.00463) | 62.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00442) | 75.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00442) | 74.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.44% (0.00442) | 70.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 54.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5201 Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-5201 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253882 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273144 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5201
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2015-2527.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5201
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5201 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-5201 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253882 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273144 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5201 | ||
| https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2015-2527.html | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5201 |
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