CVE-2015-1342

Summary

CVECVE-2015-1342
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-07 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2015-12-08 20:37:00 UTC
DescriptionLXCFS before 0.12 does not properly enforce directory escapes, which might allow local users to gain privileges by (1) querying or (2) updating a cgroup.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Canonical Lxcfs All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2813-1: LXCFS vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Fix checking of parent directories · lxc/lxcfs@a8b6c3e · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Bug #1508481 “lxcfs does not properly enforce directory escapes” : Bugs : lxcfs package : Ubuntu CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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