CVE-2016-1581 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

LXD before 2.0.2 uses world-readable permissions for /var/lib/lxd/zfs.img when setting up a loop based ZFS pool, which allows local users to copy and read data from arbitrary containers via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2016-06-09

Score: 5.5 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:15.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2016-2676	LXD before 2.0.2 uses world-readable permissions for /var/lib/lxd/zfs.img when setting up a loop based ZFS pool, which allows local users to copy and read data from arbitrary containers via unspecified vectors.
Ubuntu USN	USN-2988-1	LXD vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00035.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2988-1
https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/news/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Canonical Lxd Ubuntu Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2016-06-09T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:02:11.679Z

Reserved: 2016-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1581

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-09T16:59:01.860

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

Link: CVE-2016-1581

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-284

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