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CVE-2015-5313 Detail

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

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-5313
NVD Published Date:
04/11/2016
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.