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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2016-1575

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Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2016-05-02
Added
2025-01-20
Modified
2025-02-04

Description

The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a group-writable setgid directory.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf

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