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CVE-2016-8649
CVE-2016-8649
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 2.15% · 84.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
2.15%
84.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | lxc | 1.0.3-0ubuntu1, 1.0.0~alpha3-0ubuntu7, 1.0.0~alpha3-0ubuntu8 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | lxc | 1.1.4-0ubuntu1, 1.1.4-0ubuntu1.1, 1.1.4-0ubuntu3 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1398242 (circl)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1639345 (circl)
- https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/81f466d05f2a89cb4f122ef7f593ff3f279b165c (circl)
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845465 (circl)
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8649 (circl)
- 94498 (circl)
Timeline
- Nov 23, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8649 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3136-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8649 third-party-advisory