MGASA-2016-0103

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    MGASA-2016-0103

    Published: 9 Mar 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5313

    Summary: Updated libvirt packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A path-traversal flaw was found in the way the libvirt daemon handled file-system 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 (CVE-2015-5313).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0103.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17417, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174404.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libvirt?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.9.3-1.3.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High