{"id":"MGASA-2017-0167","summary":"Updated lxc packages fix security vulnerabilities","details":"Roman Fiedler discovered a directory traversal flaw in lxc-attach. An\nattacker with access to an LXC container could exploit this flaw to\naccess files outside of the container (CVE-2016-8649).\n\nJann Horn discovered that LXC incorrectly verified permissions when\ncreating virtual network interfaces. A local attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to create virtual network interfaces in network namespaces\nthat they do not own (CVE-2017-5985).\n\nThe lxc package has been updated to version 1.0.10 to fix these issues\nand other bugs.\n","modified":"2026-01-31T15:19:11.647397Z","published":"2017-06-12T07:42:23Z","related":["CVE-2016-8649","CVE-2017-5985"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0167.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20439"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/news/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3136-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3224-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19835"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"lxc","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/lxc?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.10-1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0167.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}