CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-6764

7.8 HIGH Published 2018-02-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-02-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-346

Description

util/virlog.c in libvirt does not properly determine the hostname on LXC container startup, which allows local guest OS users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted NSS module.

Affected configurations

• redhat libvirt • debian debian linux 8.0 • debian debian linux 9.0 • redhat virtualization 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 17.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-346 Origin Validation Error weakness

References