CVE-2015-5313

Description

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.

Category

2.5
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.08%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory libvirt.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://security.libvirt.org/2015/0004.html patch vendor advisory
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=034e47c338b13a95cf02106a3af912c1c5f818d7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90913 vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2015-December/msg00473.html mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174404.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-10 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2577.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-5313?
CVE-2015-5313 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-5313?
To fix CVE-2015-5313, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-5313 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-5313 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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