Session Fixation Affecting ubuntu-image package, versions <1.0+16.10ubuntu1.1
Threat Intelligence
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- published11 Jul 2017
- disclosed11 Jul 2017
Introduced: 11 Jul 2017
CVE-2017-10600 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.10 ubuntu-image to version 1.0+16.10ubuntu1.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ubuntu-image package and not the ubuntu-image package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.10 relevant fixed versions and status.
ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting image with the uid of the invoking user. When the resulting image is booted, a local attacker with the same uid as the image creator has unintended access to cloud-init and snapd directories.