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CVE-2015-5313

Published: 18 December 2015

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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

2.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libvirt
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Not vulnerable
(0.9.8-2ubuntu17.22)
trusty
Released (1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.16)
upstream Needs triage

vivid
Released (1.2.12-0ubuntu14.4)
wily
Released (1.2.16-2ubuntu11.15.10.2)
Patches:
upstream: https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=034e47c338b13a95cf02106a3af912c1c5f818d7

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 2.5
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