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.
CVE-2015-5313
Score 2.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 2.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
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- CVSS v3
- 2.5
- EG Score
- 2.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 16(Track)EG Risk 16/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity25% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 37%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 11, 2016
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (14)
- secalert@redhathttp://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=034e47c338b13a95cf02106a3af912c1c5f818d7
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174404.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2577.html
- secalert@redhathttp://security.libvirt.org/2015/0004.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90913
- secalert@redhathttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-10
- secalert@redhathttps://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2015-December/msg00473.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=034e47c338b13a95cf02106a3af912c1c5f818d7
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174404.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2577.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.libvirt.org/2015/0004.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90913
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-10
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2015-December/msg00473.html
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libvirt0 (1.2.16-2ubuntu11.15.10.2) @ wily | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
| redhat | libvirt-0:2.0.0-10.el7 | 2016-11-03 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libvirt | — | 1.3.0-1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
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|---|---|---|---|
| libvirt | — | 1.3.0-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
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|---|---|---|---|
| libvirt | — | 1.3.0-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libvirt | — | 1.3.0-1 | — |
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