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CVE-2015-5313 Detail

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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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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 2.5 LOW

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 1.9 LOW

Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=034e47c338b13a95cf02106a3af912c1c5f818d7
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174404.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2577.html
http://security.libvirt.org/2015/0004.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90913
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-10
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2015-December/msg00473.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')	NIST

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Change History

8 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 7:53:24 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Removed	CVSS V2	Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Changed	Description	A path-traversal flaw was found in the way the libvirt daemon handled filesystem names for storage volumes. A libvirt user with privileges to create storage volumes and without privileges to create and modify domains could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges.	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.
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2577 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5313 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277121 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 4:15:20 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V2		Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Changed	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.	A path-traversal flaw was found in the way the libvirt daemon handled filesystem names for storage volumes. A libvirt user with privileges to create storage volumes and without privileges to create and modify domains could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
Added	Reference		http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=034e47c338b13a95cf02106a3af912c1c5f818d7 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2577 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5313 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277121 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=034e47c338b13a95cf02106a3af912c1c5f818d7 [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-5313
NVD Published Date:
04/11/2016
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2015-5313 Detail

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Change History

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 11:37:46 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 7:53:24 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 4:15:20 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 1/04/2018 9:30:13 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 6/30/2017 9:29:19 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/28/2016 2:33:06 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 4/20/2016 1:54:40 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 4/18/2016 11:20:09 AM

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