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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.42% · top 64% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-17 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-17 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (10)

• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-142.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:2250 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257893 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-3414 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 1033633 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 76823 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-15944 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-15946 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• GLSA-201604-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-15943 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 07:43 UTC.