Description
lxc-start in lxc before 1.0.8 and 1.1.x before 1.1.4 allows local container administrators to escape AppArmor confinement via a symlink attack on a (1) mount target or (2) bind mount source.
References (13)
Core 13
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170045.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2015-September/012434.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3400
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76894
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/592fd47a6245508b79fe6ac819fe6d3b2c1289be
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/29/4
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2753-1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171358.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171364.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00023.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1476662
Scores
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
29.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
15.04
linuxcontainers/lxc
1.1.0
linuxcontainers/lxc
1.1.1
linuxcontainers/lxc
1.1.2
linuxcontainers/lxc
1.1.3
linuxcontainers/lxc
< 1.0.7
Published
Oct 01, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026