CVE-2015-5165
Find out more about CVE-2015-5165 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue affects the versions of kvm and xen packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This issue affects the versions of the qemu-kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.
This issue affects the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 based versions of qemu-kvm-rhev packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.
This issue affects the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 based versions of the qemu-kvm-rhev packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and
maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security
impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For
additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life
Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2015:1683 | 2015-08-25 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2015:1683 | 2015-08-25 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2015:1674 | 2015-08-24 |
| RHEV Agents (vdsm) (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2015:1740 | 2015-09-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2015:1833 | 2015-09-22 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2015:1739 | 2015-09-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2015:1793 | 2015-09-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2015:1718 | 2015-09-03 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Will not fix |
