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CVE-2016-8649

Published: 23 November 2016

lxc-attach in LXC before 1.0.9 and 2.x before 2.0.6 allows an attacker inside of an unprivileged container to use an inherited file descriptor, of the host's /proc, to access the rest of the host's filesystem via the openat() family of syscalls.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
lxc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (1.0.8-0ubuntu0.4)
upstream Needed

xenial
Released (2.0.5-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.3)
yakkety
Released (2.0.5-0ubuntu1.2)
zesty
Released (2.0.5-0ubuntu4)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H