What is CVE-2015-5293?

CVE-2015-5293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Virtualization Manager, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-08-24.

How severe is CVE-2015-5293?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Virtualization Manager

CVE-2015-5293

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.6 and earlier gives valid SLAAC IPv6 addresses to interfaces when "boot protocol" is set to None, which might allow remote attackers to communicate with a system designated to be unreachable.

EPSS: 0.019 (77.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Redhat Enterprise_virtualization_manager
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, VDB Entry, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5293?: CVE-2015-5293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Virtualization Manager, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-08-24.
How severe is CVE-2015-5293?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.