UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5313

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5313

    Published: 18 Dec 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5313
    Aliases:
    USN-2867-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5313, http://security.libvirt.org/2015/0004.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2867-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5313

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvirt

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.16

    Affected versions

    1.1.1-0ubuntu8
    1.1.1-0ubuntu9
    1.1.4-0ubuntu2
    1.1.4-0ubuntu3
    1.1.4-0ubuntu4
    1.1.4-0ubuntu5

    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