CVE-2015-7311
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.6
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.8.0~rc3-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.8.0~rc3-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.8.0~rc3-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.8.0~rc3-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.8.0~rc3-1 |
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.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257893
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7311
CWEs
CWE-17
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.