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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Rhev Manager 3 | rhevm +16 | 3.5.1-0.4.el6ev | RHSA-2015:0888 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2015:0888 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.5.1 update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
References
- 1032231 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2015:0888 vendor-advisory