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USN-2104-1: LXC vulnerability

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USN-2104-1: LXC vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/14/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/08/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

The lxc-sshd template (templates/lxc-sshd.in) in LXC before 1.0.0.beta2 uses read-write permissions when mounting /sbin/init, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the init file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-lxc-templates

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