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Ubuntu: USN-2813-1 (CVE-2015-1344): LXCFS vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2813-1 (CVE-2015-1344): LXCFS vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/17/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/07/2015
Modified
09/19/2017

Description

The do_write_pids function in lxcfs.c in LXCFS before 0.12 does not properly check permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing a pid to the tasks file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-lxcfs

References

  • USN-2813-1
  • CVE-2015-1344

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