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CVE-2015-7311

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Date: October 1, 2015

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

2.6

Related Resources (5)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7311

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76823

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-7311

Severity Score

2.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Code

CWE-17

Top Fix

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Upgrade to version 4.7.0-rc1

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	2.6
Attack Vector (AV):	ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	3.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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