CVE-2016-8649

CRITICAL

LXC <1.0.9, 2.x <2.0.6 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1398242
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1639345
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845465
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8649
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94498

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0215
EPSS Percentile 84.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (2)
linuxcontainers/lxc < 1.0.9
n/a/LXC before 1.0.9 and 2.x before 2.0.6 LXC before 1.0.9 and 2.x before 2.0.6
Published May 01, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026