CVE-2015-5201 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting VDSM and libvirt in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor versions 7-7.x and 6-6.x, specifically when VDSM is configured with "-spice disable-ticketing" and a VM is suspended and then restored. This allows remote attackers to log in without authentication. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6-6.0, < 6-6.7-20151117.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_hypervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7-7.0, < 7-7.2-20151119.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_hypervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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