cvelist/2018/6xxx/CVE-2018-6556.json

{
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "security@ubuntu.com",
        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2018-08-06T16:00:00.000Z",
        "ID": "CVE-2018-6556",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC",
        "TITLE": "The lxc-user-nic component of LXC allows unprivileged users to open arbitrary files"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "LXC",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "affected": ">=",
                                            "version_name": "2.0",
                                            "version_value": "2.0.9"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "affected": ">=",
                                            "version_name": "3.0",
                                            "version_value": "3.0.0"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "affected": "<",
                                            "version_name": "3.0",
                                            "version_value": "3.0.2"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "n/a"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "credit": [
        {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "Matthias Gerstner from SUSE"
        }
    ],
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "lxc-user-nic when asked to delete a network interface will unconditionally open a user provided path. This code path may be used by an unprivileged user to check for the existence of a path which they wouldn't otherwise be able to reach. It may also be used to trigger side effects by causing a (read-only) open of special kernel files (ptmx, proc, sys). Affected releases are LXC: 2.0 versions above and including 2.0.9; 3.0 versions above and including 3.0.0, prior to 3.0.2."
            }
        ]
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Incorrect access control"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "USN-3730-1",
                "refsource": "UBUNTU",
                "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3730-1"
            },
            {
                "name": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1783591",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1783591"
            },
            {
                "name": "GLSA-201808-02",
                "refsource": "GENTOO",
                "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-02"
            },
            {
                "name": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988348",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988348"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "SUSE",
                "name": "openSUSE-SU-2019:1227",
                "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00074.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "SUSE",
                "name": "openSUSE-SU-2019:1230",
                "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00076.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "SUSE",
                "name": "openSUSE-SU-2019:1275",
                "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00091.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "SUSE",
                "name": "openSUSE-SU-2019:1481",
                "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html"
            }
        ]
    },
    "source": {
        "advisory": "USN-3730-1",
        "defect": [
            "1783591"
        ],
        "discovery": "EXTERNAL"
    }
}