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CVE-2018-6556

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CVE-2018-6556

Published: Aug 10, 2018

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

lxc-user-nic when asked to delete a network interface will unconditionally open a user provided path. This code path may be used by an unprivileged user to check for the existence of a path which they wouldn't otherwise be able to reach. It may also be used to trigger side effects by causing a (read-only) open of special kernel files (ptmx, proc, sys). Affected releases are LXC: 2.0 versions above and including 2.0.9; 3.0 versions above and including 3.0.0, prior to 3.0.2.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

LXC

affected
2.0.9 - < 2.0*
affected
3.0.0 - < 3.0*

References

USN-3730-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
GLSA-201808-02
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
openSUSE-SU-2019:1227
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2019:1230
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2019:1275
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2019:1481
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE

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