[pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#905586: lxc: CVE-2018-6556: lxc-user-nic allows unprivileged users to open arbitrary files

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: lxc
Version: 1:2.0.9-1
Severity: grave
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1783591

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for lxc.

CVE-2018-6556[0]:
lxc-user-nic allows unprivileged users to open arbitrary files

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6556
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6556
[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1783591
[2] https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2018-August/018336.html

Regards,
Salvatore