Description
libxl in Xen 4.1.x through 4.6.x does not properly handle the readonly flag on disks when using the qemu-xen device model, which allows local guest users to write to a read-only disk image.
Published: 2015-10-01
Score: 3.6 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3414-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-7240 libxl in Xen 4.1.x through 4.6.x does not properly handle the readonly flag on disks when using the qemu-xen device model, which allows local guest users to write to a read-only disk image.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:43:46.158Z

Reserved: 2015-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-7311

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-10-01T20:59:06.567

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-7311

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-7311 - Bugzilla

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