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CVE-2015-5313

Publication date 18 December 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

2.5 · Low

Score breakdown

Directory traversal vulnerability in the virStorageBackendFileSystemVolCreate function in storage/storage_backend_fs.c in libvirt, when fine-grained Access Control Lists (ACL) are in effect, allows local users with storage_vol:create ACL but not domain:write permission to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a volume name.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libvirt 15.10 wily
Fixed 1.2.16-2ubuntu11.15.10.2
15.04 vivid
Fixed 1.2.12-0ubuntu14.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.16
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libvirt

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 2.5 · Low
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2867-1
    • libvirt vulnerabilities
    • 12 January 2016

Other references