CVE-2018-6556 (GCVE-0-2018-6556)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-08-10 15:00
Modified
2024-09-17 03:38
Severity ?
CWE
  • Incorrect access control
Summary
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.
References
security@ubuntu.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00074.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00076.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00091.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html
security@ubuntu.com https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1783591 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988348 Issue Tracking, Patch
security@ubuntu.com https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-02 Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3730-1 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00074.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00076.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00091.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1783591 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988348 Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-02 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3730-1 Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a LXC Version: 2.0.9   < 2.0*
Version: 3.0.0   < 3.0*
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