CVE-2018-6764 (GCVE-0-2018-6764)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-02-23 17:00
Modified
2024-08-05 06:10
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
util/virlog.c in libvirt does not properly determine the hostname on LXC container startup, which allows local guest OS users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted NSS module.
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