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CVE-2015-5313

libvirt: filesystem storage volume names path traversal flaw

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.9

CVSS 2.0

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Published · December 11, 2015

Updated · November 2, 2026

Description

A path-traversal flaw was found in the way the libvirt daemon handled filesystem names for storage volumes. A libvirt user with privileges to create storage volumes and without privileges to create and modify domains could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of libvirt as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7 and Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.9
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N

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