Description
LXD before version 0.19-0ubuntu5 doUidshiftIntoContainer() has an unsafe Chmod() call that races against the stat in the Filepath.Walk() function. A symbolic link created in that window could cause any file on the system to have any mode of the attacker's choice.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- physical
- Complexity
- high
- Privileges
- low
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- changed
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- LINUXCONTAINERS
- Published
- 4/22/2019
- Last Modified
- 11/21/2024
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
linuxcontainers : lxd
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