Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 1, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2015-7311
CVE-2015-7311
Description
libxl in Xen 4.1.x through 4.6.x does not properly handle the readonly flag on disks when using the qemu-xen device model, which allows local guest users to write to a read-only disk image.
Affected products
18- osv-coords18 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/xen&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1
< 4.7.0_12-1.3+ 17 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.0_12-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_14-18.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_02-26.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_02-22.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_02-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_14-18.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_14-18.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_02-26.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_02-22.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_02-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_14-18.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_02-26.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_02-22.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_02-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_14-18.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_02-26.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.3_02-22.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.2_02-4.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
10- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-142.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167077.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167792.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167820.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76823nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033633nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03nvd
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