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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3400-1 (lxc - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
Roman Fiedler discovered a directory traversal flaw in LXC, the Linux Containers userspace tools. A local attacker with access to a LXC container could exploit this flaw to run programs inside the container that are not confined by AppArmor or expose unintended files in the host to the container.
Affected Software
Affected Software
lxc on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.0.6-6+deb8u2. We recommend that you upgrade your lxc packages.