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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-7311

Published: Oct 01, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.3 LOW
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7311
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/17.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
XenXen4.1.0 (including)4.1.0 (including)
XenXen4.1.1 (including)4.1.1 (including)
XenXen4.1.2 (including)4.1.2 (including)
XenXen4.1.3 (including)4.1.3 (including)
XenXen4.1.4 (including)4.1.4 (including)
XenXen4.1.5 (including)4.1.5 (including)
XenXen4.1.6.1 (including)4.1.6.1 (including)
XenXen4.2.0 (including)4.2.0 (including)
XenXen4.2.1 (including)4.2.1 (including)
XenXen4.2.2 (including)4.2.2 (including)
XenXen4.2.3 (including)4.2.3 (including)
XenXen4.2.4 (including)4.2.4 (including)
XenXen4.2.5 (including)4.2.5 (including)
XenXen4.3.0 (including)4.3.0 (including)
XenXen4.3.1 (including)4.3.1 (including)
XenXen4.3.2 (including)4.3.2 (including)
XenXen4.3.3 (including)4.3.3 (including)
XenXen4.3.4 (including)4.3.4 (including)
XenXen4.4.0 (including)4.4.0 (including)
XenXen4.4.0-rc1 (including)4.4.0-rc1 (including)
XenXen4.4.1 (including)4.4.1 (including)
XenXen4.5.0 (including)4.5.0 (including)
XenXen4.5.1 (including)4.5.1 (including)
XenUbuntudevel*
XenUbuntutrusty*
XenUbuntuupstream*
XenUbuntuvivid*
XenUbuntuwily*

References

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