Missing Authorization Affecting lxc package, versions <1:1.0.6-6+deb8u6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-LXC-385848
  • published 14 Mar 2017
  • disclosed 14 Mar 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 lxc to version 1:1.0.6-6+deb8u6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lxc package and not the lxc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

lxc-user-nic in Linux Containers (LXC) allows local users with a lxc-usernet allocation to create network interfaces on the host and choose the name of those interfaces by leveraging lack of netns ownership check.