Directory Traversal Affecting libvirt package, versions <0:2.0.0-10.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-LIBVIRT-2071015
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Dec 2015

Introduced: 11 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-5313  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 libvirt to version 0:2.0.0-10.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt package and not the libvirt package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1