CVE-2015-7311

xen: libxl fails to honour readonly flag on disks with qemu-xen (xsa-142)

Published Oct 1, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 3.6 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3414-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-7240 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 7:43 AM
Reserved
Sep 22, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 1, 2015, 8:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:32 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 22, 2015, 12:00 AM