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Unscored USN-2675-1 2 CVEs

lxc vulnerabilities

Published Jul 22, 2015 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Roman Fiedler discovered that LXC had a directory traversal flaw when creating
lock files. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to create an arbitrary
file as the root user. (CVE-2015-1331)

Roman Fiedler discovered that LXC incorrectly trusted the container's proc
filesystem to set up AppArmor profile changes and SELinux domain transitions. A
local attacker could exploit this flaw to run programs inside the container
that are not confined by AppArmor or SELinux. (CVE-2015-1334)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS lxc 1.0.7-0ubuntu0.2

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —

    lxclock.c in LXC 1.1.2 and earlier allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /run/lock/lxc/*.

  • Unscored —

    attach.c in LXC 1.1.2 and earlier uses the proc filesystem in a container, which allows local container users to escape…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1331
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1334