CVE-2015-1342 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

LXCFS before 0.12 does not properly enforce directory escapes, which might allow local users to gain privileges by (1) querying or (2) updating a cgroup.

Published: 2015-12-07

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxcfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-1481	LXCFS before 0.12 does not properly enforce directory escapes, which might allow local users to gain privileges by (1) querying or (2) updating a cgroup.
Ubuntu USN	USN-2813-1	LXCFS vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00056.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2813-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxcfs/+bug/1508481
https://github.com/lxc/lxcfs/commit/a8b6c3e0537e90fba3c55910fd1b7229d54a60a7

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Canonical Lxcfs Ubuntu Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2015-12-07T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:40:18.532Z

Reserved: 2015-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1342

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-12-07T20:59:00.130

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-1342

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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