Improper Access Control Affecting libvirt package, versions <1.2.20-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.37% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-LIBVIRT-18579079
  • published7 Aug 2026
  • disclosed14 Apr 2016

Introduced: 14 Apr 2016

CVE-2015-5247  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest libvirt to version 1.2.20-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt package and not the libvirt package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1