CVE - CVE-2016-8649

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-8649	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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MISC:94498 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94498 MISC:https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845465 URL:https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845465 MISC:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1639345 URL:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1639345 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1398242 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1398242 MISC:https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/81f466d05f2a89cb4f122ef7f593ff3f279b165c URL:https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/81f466d05f2a89cb4f122ef7f593ff3f279b165c MISC:https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8649 URL:https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8649
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20161012	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161012)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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