CVE-2015-5313
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.
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Statement
This issue affects the versions of libvirt as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7 and Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libvirt) | RHSA-2016:2577 | 2016-11-03 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 | libvirt | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libvirt | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libvirt | Will not fix |