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medium 5.0

CVE-2014-7968 json

VDSM allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection blocking) by keeping an SSL connection open.

published 2014-10-22 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-7817

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

VDSM allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection blocking) by keeping an SSL connection open.

Patch / fix

  • vdsm rhev manager 3, RHEL 6 4.14.18-4.el6ev
  • vdsm RHEL 7 4.14.18-4.el7ev
  • vdsm-api RHEL 7 4.14.18-4.el7ev
  • vdsm-cli RHEL 6 4.14.18-4.el6ev
  • vdsm-cli RHEL 7 4.14.18-4.el7ev
  • vdsm-reg RHEL 6 4.14.18-4.el6ev
  • vdsm-reg RHEL 7 4.14.18-4.el7ev
  • vdsm-python RHEL 6 4.14.18-4.el6ev

red hat advisories RHBA-2014:1946

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-2014-7968 updated cvss 2.9

vdsm: ssl_accept may block connections on uncompleted handshake

  • Red Hat RHEV Agents (vdsm) vdsm 4.14.18-4.el6ev, vdsm-cli 4.14.18-4.el6ev, vdsm-reg 4.14.18-4.el6ev, vdsm-python 4.14.18-4.el6ev, vdsm-xmlrpc 4.14.18-4.el6ev, vdsm-hook-vhostmd 4.14.18-4.el6ev, +1 more Red Hat RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hosts vdsm 4.14.18-4.el7ev, vdsm-api 4.14.18-4.el7ev, vdsm-cli 4.14.18-4.el7ev, vdsm-reg 4.14.18-4.el7ev, vdsm-python 4.14.18-4.el7ev, vdsm-xmlrpc 4.14.18-4.el7ev, +6 more Red Hat RHEV-M 3.4 vdsm 4.14.18-4.el6ev, vdsm-bootstrap 4.14.18-4.el6ev
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2014:1946

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Exploit prediction

1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.