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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.4
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade xen | Sep 20, 2017 | Oct 1, 2015 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade xen | Dec 14, 2015 | Oct 1, 2015 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade xen-tools | Dec 10, 2025 | Nov 11, 2015 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-emulation/xen.Upgrade app-emulation/xen-pvgrub.Upgrade app-emulation/xen-tools.Upgrade app-emulation/pvgrub. | Oct 30, 2017 | Oct 1, 2015 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade xen-doc-htmlUpgrade xen-doc-pdfUpgrade xen-libs-32bitUpgrade xen-tools-xendomains-wait-diskUpgrade xen-kmp-defaultUpgrade xen-libsUpgrade xen-tools-domUUpgrade xenUpgrade xen-kmp-paeUpgrade xen-develUpgrade xen-tools | Dec 18, 2015 | Oct 1, 2015 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade xen | Nov 19, 2024 | Oct 1, 2015 |
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