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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2018.2274
                             LXC vulnerability
                               7 August 2018

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           lxc
Publisher:         Ubuntu
Operating System:  Ubuntu
                   Linux variants
Impact/Access:     Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-6556  

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3730-1

Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on 
         platforms other than Ubuntu. It is recommended that administrators 
         running lxc check for an updated version of the software for their 
         operating system.

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USN-3730-1: LXC vulnerability

6 August 2018

lxc vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary

LXC would allow unintended access to files.

Software Description

lxc - Linux Containers userspace tools

Details

Matthias Gerstner discovered that LXC incorrectly handled the lxc-user-nic 
utility. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to open arbitrary 
files.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

lxc - 3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2

To update your system, please follow these instructions: 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system update you need to restart LXC containers to make all
the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2018-6556

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