CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-1344
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-12-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The do_write_pids function in lxcfs.c in LXCFS before 0.12 does not properly check permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing a pid to the tasks file.
Affected configurations
• canonical ubuntu linux 15.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 15.10
• canonical lxcfs (<= 0.11)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2813-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxcfs/+bug/1512854 bugs.launchpad.net
- https://github.com/lxc/lxcfs/commit/8ee2a503e102b1a43ec4d83113dc275ab20a869a github.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2813-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxcfs/+bug/1512854 bugs.launchpad.net
- https://github.com/lxc/lxcfs/commit/8ee2a503e102b1a43ec4d83113dc275ab20a869a github.com