Description
lxc-user-nic in lxc through 5.0.1 is installed setuid root, and may allow local users to infer whether any file exists, even within a protected directory tree, because "Failed to open" often indicates that a file does not exist, whereas "does not refer to a network namespace path" often indicates that a file exists. NOTE: this is different from CVE-2018-6556 because the CVE-2018-6556 fix design was based on the premise that "we will report back to the user that the open() failed but the user has no way of knowing why it failed"; however, in many realistic cases, there are no plausible reasons for failing except that the file does not exist.
Exploits (1)
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1783591/comments/45
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-47952
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/lxc/lxc/blob/0b83d71c2c8f3bac9503f894cd84584f79258bb3/lxc.spec.in#L274
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/lxc/lxc/blob/0b83d71c2c8f3bac9503f894cd84584f79258bb3/src/lxc/cmd/lxc_user_nic.c#L1085-L1104
Mailing List mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00025.html
Scores
CVSS v3
3.3
EPSS
0.0246
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-203
Status
published
Products (1)
linuxcontainers/lxc
< 5.0.1
Published
Jan 01, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026