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CVE-2014-3559 json

The oVirt storage backend in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.4 does not wipe memory snapshots when deleting a VM, even when wipe-after-…

published 2014-08-06 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3541

cvss
3.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The oVirt storage backend in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.4 does not wipe memory snapshots when deleting a VM, even when wipe-after-delete (WAD) is configured for the VM's disk, which allows remote authenticated users with certain credentials to read portions of the deleted VM's memory and obtain sensitive information via an uninitialized storage volume.

Patch / fix

  • rhevm rhev manager 3 3.4.1-0.31.el6ev
  • rhevm-lib rhev manager 3 3.4.1-0.31.el6ev
  • rhevm-setup rhev manager 3 3.4.1-0.31.el6ev
  • rhevm-tools rhev manager 3 3.4.1-0.31.el6ev
  • rhevm-backend rhev manager 3 3.4.1-0.31.el6ev
  • rhevm-restapi rhev manager 3 3.4.1-0.31.el6ev
  • rhevm-dbscripts rhev manager 3 3.4.1-0.31.el6ev
  • rhevm-setup-base rhev manager 3 3.4.1-0.31.el6ev

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1002

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3559 updated cvss 3.5

ovirt-engine-backend: memory snapshots not wiped when deleting a VM with wipe-after-delete (WAD) enabled for its disks

  • Red Hat RHEV-M 3.4 rhevm 3.4.1-0.31.el6ev, rhevm-lib 3.4.1-0.31.el6ev, rhevm-setup 3.4.1-0.31.el6ev, rhevm-tools 3.4.1-0.31.el6ev, rhevm-backend 3.4.1-0.31.el6ev, rhevm-restapi 3.4.1-0.31.el6ev, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1002

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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