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CVE-2015-1342

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Date: December 7, 2015

LXCFS 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.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.9

Related Resources (6)

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-1342

Url: https://github.com/lxc/lxcfs/commit/a8b6c3e0537e90fba3c55910fd1b7229d54a60a7

Url: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxcfs/+bug/1508481

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1342

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2813-1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-1342

Severity Score

5.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version lxcfs-0.12

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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