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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-LIBVIRTDAEMONDRIVERNETWORK-2510783
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 11 Apr 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 libvirt-daemon-driver-network to version 0:2.0.0-10.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-2577.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-daemon-driver-network package and not the libvirt-daemon-driver-network package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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 Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None