Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3375-1
2nd August, 2017
lxc vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
LXC would allow unintended access.
Software description
It was discovered that LXC incorrectly handled the TIOCSTI ioctl. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to escape LXC containers.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
lxc 1.0.10-0ubuntu1.1
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-2016-10124
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2nd August, 2017
lxc vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
LXC would allow unintended access.
Software description
- lxc - Linux Containers userspace tools
It was discovered that LXC incorrectly handled the TIOCSTI ioctl. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to escape LXC containers.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
lxc 1.0.10-0ubuntu1.1
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-2016-10124
Continue reading...
