CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-10124
8.6 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
Description
An issue was discovered in Linux Containers (LXC) before 2016-02-22. When executing a program via lxc-attach, the nonpriv session can escape to the parent session by using the TIOCSTI ioctl to push characters into the terminal's input buffer, allowing an attacker to escape the container.
Affected configurations
• linuxcontainers lxc (<= 2.0.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/15/5 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/5 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95404 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/e986ea3dfa4a2957f71ae9bfaed406dd6e1ffff6 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-09 security.gentoo.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/15/5 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/5 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95404 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/e986ea3dfa4a2957f71ae9bfaed406dd6e1ffff6 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-09 security.gentoo.org