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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2015-5313) ELSA-2016-2577: libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2015-5313) ELSA-2016-2577: libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/09/2016
Modified
08/11/2023

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)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-client
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-config-network
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-interface
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-network
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-kvm
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-lxc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-docs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-lock-sanlock
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-login-shell
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-nss

References

  • ELSA-2016-2577
  • CVE-2015-5313
  • USN-2867-1

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