Gentoo update for LinuX Containers user space utilities



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-6556
CWE-ID CWE-200
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Vendor Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU14510

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6556

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to lxc-user-nic unconditionally opens a user provided path when asked to delete a network interface. A local attacker can check for the existence of a path which he wouldn't otherwise be able to reach and trigger side effects by causing a (read-only) open of special kernel files (ptmx, proc, sys).

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
app-emulation/lxc to version: 3.0.1-r1

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-02


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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