Improper Authentication The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package lxc-templates (opens in a new tab)
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- published10 Feb 2020
- disclosed10 Feb 2020
Introduced: 10 Feb 2020
CVE-2017-18641 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lxc-templates package and not the lxc-templates package as distributed by Ubuntu.
In LXC 2.0, many template scripts download code over cleartext HTTP, and omit a digital-signature check, before running it to bootstrap containers.