Low severity2.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-5313
CVE-2015-5313
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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Affected products
17- osv-coords15 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libvirt&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP1
< 2.5.0-1.1+ 14 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-12.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-27.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.18.2-8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-12.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-27.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.18.2-8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-12.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-27.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.18.2-8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-12.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-27.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.18.2-8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-27.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.18.2-8.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- security.libvirt.org/2015/0004.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- libvirt.org/git/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174404.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2577.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/90913nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-10nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2015-December/msg00473.htmlnvd
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