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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-5313: libvirt: Directory traversal

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-5313: libvirt: Directory traversal

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-libvirt

References

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