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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2015-5284 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2867-1 | libvirt vulnerabilities |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T06:41:09.347Z
Reserved: 2015-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2015-5313
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Status : Modified
Published: 2016-04-11T21:59:04.100
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2015-5313
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN