VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-7311
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.
LOW 3.6EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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 2.0
- 3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-17
- Affected
- xen/xen
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167077.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167792.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167820.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76823
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033633
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-142.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257893
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167077.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167792.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167820.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76823
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033633
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-142.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257893
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.