USN-3730-1: LXC vulnerability

Publication date

6 August 2018

Overview

LXC would allow unintended access to files.

Releases


Packages

  • lxc - Linux Containers userspace tools

Details

Matthias Gerstner discovered that LXC incorrectly handled the lxc-user-nic
utility. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to open arbitrary
files.

Matthias Gerstner discovered that LXC incorrectly handled the lxc-user-nic
utility. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to open arbitrary
files.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart LXC containers to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic lxc –  3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2

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