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LXC ‘/lxc/attach.c’ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 75998
CVE: CVE-2015-1334
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Author: Roman Fiedler (Austrian Institute of Technology)

VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION

LXC is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of user running the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.

VULNERABLE VERSIONS

  • Ubuntu Linux 15.04
  • Ubuntu Linux 14.10
  • Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS
  • Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.2
  • Oracle Enterprise Linux 6
  • LXC LXC 0.9
  • Debian Linux 6.0 sparc
  • Debian Linux 6.0 s/390
  • Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc
  • Debian Linux 6.0 mips
  • Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64
  • Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32
  • Debian Linux 6.0 arm
  • Debian Linux 6.0 amd64

MITIGATION

Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References